THIS IS A HOAX was Re: POSSIBLE VIRUS (fwd)

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

Due to the number of folks who have privately sent me this hoax, I
feel that we should alert the group to a potential problem if they
believe the hoax.

Reference:  http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
See:  SULFNBK.EXE Warning

This is a hoax. Please do not delete any files based on this message:

[partial text of hoax message follows]


>
>    Subject: COMPUTER VIRUS - CHECK YOUR C HARD DRIVE IMMEDIATELY!
>
>
>>I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TODAY AND FOUND THAT VIRUS ON MY C DRIVE.
>>IF YOU FIND IT, MAKE SURE TO DELETE IT:
>>
>>URGENT. A VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant but will
>>become active on June 1. FOLLOW DIRECRTIONS BELOW TO CHECK IF YOU HAVE IT
>>AND TO REMOVE IT NOW.
>>
>>It was brought to my attention yesterday that a virus is in circulation via
>>email. I looked for it and to my surprise I found it on mine ... Please
>>follow the directions and remove it from yours TODAY!!!!!!!
>>
>>No Virus software can detect it. It will become active on June 1, 2001. It
>>might be too late by then. It wipes out all files and folders on the hard
>>drive. This virus travels through E-mail and migrates to the
>>'C:\windows\command' folder. To find it and get rid of it off of your
>>computer, do the following.
>>
>>Go to the "START" button. Go to "FIND" or "SEARCH" Go to "FILES & FOLDERS"
>>Make sure the find box is searching the "C:" drive. Type in; SULFNBK.EXE
>>Begin search.
>>
>>If it finds it, highlight it. Go to 'File' and delete it. lose the find
>>Dialog box Open the Recycle Bin Find the file and delete it from the
>>Recycle bin You should be safe.
>>
>>     The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you have     sent ANY
>>E-mail to in the past few months. Many major     companies have found this
>>virus on their computers.     Please help your friends !!!!!!!!
>>
>>DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and NORTON CANNOT DETECT IT
>>BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST.
>>
>>WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!! --
>>

-----------------  END OF HOAX WARNING-----------

Peter Milbury, Co-Moderator of LM_NET      pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu
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