Oralia Preble-Niemi wrote:

> This message is IMPORTANT.  I am sending it in both English and Spanish
> because of the bilingual nature of my list of friends and colleagues.


I'm only going to reply in English because my Spanish isn't so hot....

Kelly Veazey just posted almost the same "warning".
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Attention Everybody!  Please stop and think before forwarding these
"warnings" to the list as a whole or (worse) deleting stuff from your
computer!

THE SULFNBK.EXE "VIRUS" IS A HOAX!

REPEAT, A HOAX!

There is no need to delete this file from your computer, and there is
*especially* no need to tell everyone in your address book to do so!


The file mentioned above, sulfnbk.exe, is a normal part of the
Windows operating system.  You DO NOT need to delete it from your hard
drive!  The only way that sulfnbk.exe would contain a virus is if the
original version of the file, which was installed with Windows, had been
replaced with an infected copy (not likely).  In this case, scanning
your hard drive with Norton or other popular virus detection programs
would reveal the presence of the infection.  If your anti-virus software
is up to date and does not detect a virus in your version of
sulfnbk.exe, then it is perfectly safe.

Before spreading rumors like this, and certainly before deleting
anything from your computer, you should check it out with a reputable
site such as Symantec, Microsoft, etc.  In many cases more damage and
loss of time is caused by false reports of impending doom than by real
viruses themselves!

For more information on the SULFNBK "virus" (or lack thereof) check out
the following:

http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blsulfnbk.htm

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

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Meanwhile, the OTHER e-mail that a number of people, including myself,
received from "Brenda Davis", did apparently contain a virus.  Delete
that message and do not open the attachments.  You do not need to delete
any other files, just be sure to delete that particular message and then
empty the trash folder in your e-mail program to get rid of it for good.

Please, everyone, check with the Help Desk or some knowledgeable
professional before deleting files from your computer or forwarding
virus warnings to your entire address book!

Joe Dumas
Computer Science Dept.