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I have just had an email from Des Taylor warning me of a virus.

It has the usual blab in the mail leading to saying that I have the virus if I have the sulfnbk.exe in my C: folder.

Well its there, but I am not to sure if this is a wind up.

For a start how did I get it, as I never open attachments or anything on a email until it is scanned.

Any clues?.

keith

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Wind up for sure. This particular file is needed on many Windows systems (Win9x I know and ME I think) to properly handle long file names.

 

Take a look Here if you want more detail.

 

This particular hoax has been making the rounds for several years now.

" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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Thanks Newt,

Just Knew it had to be, never opened anything that has looked or even smelt dodgy.

just ahd to be sure though.

Keith

The more you learn, the more you know.

The more you know, the more you forget.

The more you forget, the less you know.

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This seems to be as good a time as any to post a link to this online virus-checker :) The data-files are updated hourly, and is well worth bookmarking....

 

http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_pcc.asp

John S

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And to check these things yourself to see if hoax or real, you can use any or all of the following:

 

Symantec's (Norton) Hoax page

 

Hoax/urban legend/myth page

 

f-secure's European hoax page

" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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