SULFNBK -- Is this a Virus?

[TeddyBear]

I just got one of those dreaded emails from a family member informing me I might have gotten a virus from her email account.

Has anyone heard of sulfnbk.exe? Is it a virus? The instructions were to do a search and delete it. I found a file in my PC that is called SULFNBK (has a Window's icon infront of it)but no exe extension, and it is located in my C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

Is anyone familiar with this file? What does it do? Should it be on my PC or is it something that was indeed sent to me to do damage? BTW, the email warning that I received from this family member says the sulfnbk.exe stays dormant in PC's for 2 weeks then destroys the hard drive.

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--If all else fails, take two aspirins and call VirtualDr--

[DVOM]

That hoax has been aroung a long time. That's a valid windows file.

[AnnMarie]

TeddyBear - its a hoax that is currently doing the rounds.

[TeddyBear]

Thx for the quick response DVOM and AnnMarie. I'll breathe now....

Gee I detest those hoaxes and the people that waste our time with 'em! You all have a Happy New Year! Cheers, TeddyBear

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--If all else fails, take two aspirins and call VirtualDr--

[AnnMarie]

and a Happy New Year to you too

[indutch]

A friend of my wife got caught up in this same hoax about a year ago and screwed up her computer so bad she had to format it. I told her about symantec's hoax page and now she checks every virus thing she hears about there before the panic sets in.

This should be in everyone's "favorites" list.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

[AnnMarie]

Good link indutch - welcome to the VirtualDr Forum.