James Cully on Wed, 30 May 2001 13:29:50 +0200 (CEST) |
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[Nettime-bold] URGENT - SULFNBK.EXE VIRUS ALERT - Please read this message before delet |
Please act URGENTLY. A VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant that will only become active on June 1. DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and NORTON CANNOT DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL JUNE 1ST. PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW TO CHECK IF YOU HAVE IT AND TO REMOVE IT NOW. It wipes out all files and folders on the hard drive. This virus travels thru 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. Close 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. James Cully New Statesman Online 7592 3605 New Statesman-Centrica Upstarts Awards now offering £50,000 to social entrepreneurs. Full details here www.upstarts.org.uk The New Statesman and BT New Media Awards 2001 micro-site is live with a focus on the 'Digital Divide'. Nominate now. Sponsored by Oracle, Telewest, Compaq and BT. http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/nma2001about.htm Advertise on New Statesman Online? http://www.consider.net/adnet/ Subscribe to New Statesman magazine? http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/000SUBSCRIBE.htm © New Statesman Ltd, 2001. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message. _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold