Thank you- as soon as I deleted the file and started talking to friends, we realized that it was probably a hoax.  Too coincidental that everyone we knew had the file.  I appreciate you sending me this information.
Julie Gibson
At 06:02 PM 10/25/2001 -0700, you wrote:
Your e-mail came to me through some mutual friend, although who it was I
can't be sure. I just wanted to let you know that the virus alert you
notified all your friends of is a hoax and those people that follow your
instructions will be deleting an important file that is part of Windows.
Please see the information below taken from the McAfee Virus Information
Library. If ever your are in doubt of a virus it's a good idea to check it
out before passing on warnings.  Just thought you'd like to know.
McAfee AVERT Labs would like to inform you of a new email HOAX.
This email message is just a HOAX. Although, the SULFNBK.EXE file may become
infected by a number of valid viruses (most commonly W32/Magistr@MM, the
details of this HOAX message are not based on actual events.
We are advising users who receive the email to delete the message and DO NOT
pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates.
SULFNBK.EXE is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to restore long file
names
Below is the actual text from the message that may be received via email.
There are numerous variations on these messages.