Thanks Richard I humbly accept my chastisement Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 8:51 AM Subject: Sulfnbk Hoax > Carl,,, this is a hoax. The following information was taken > directly from Nortons hoax side. You really should check out > these things before getting others to delete windows system > files, which the hoax creator wanted you to do of course. > > I never send out a warning anymore without being very > certain to check hoax sites about the socalled virus. > > READ FIRST !! > RicB > > > Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any > messages regarding this hoax. It is > harmless and is intended only to cause > unwarranted concern. > > Type: Hoax > > Description: > > The following hoax email was first > reported in Brazil, and the original email was in > Portuguese. > Other language versions are in > circulation. Currently, the English language versions are > most > common. > > > CAUTIONS: > > This particular email message is a > hoax. The file that is mentioned in the hoax, however, > Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft > Windows utility that is used to restore long file names, and > like > any .exe file, it can be infected > by a virus that targets .exe files. > The virus/worm > W32.Magistr.24876@mm can arrive as an attachment named > Sulfnbk.exe. The Sulfnbk.exe file > used by Windows is located in the > C:\Windows\Command folder. If the > file is located in any other folder, or arrives as an > attachment to a email message, > then it is possible that the file is infected. In this case, > if a > scan with the latest virus > definitions and with NAV set to scan all files does not > detect the > file as being infected, quarantine > and submit the file to SARC for analysis by following the > instructions in the document How > to submit a file to SARC using Scan and Deliver. > If you have deleted the > Sulfnbk.exe file from the C:\Windows\Command folder and want > > to know how to restore the file, > see the How to restore the Sulfnbk.exe file section at > the end of this document. > > > English versions > > Version 1 > This is very real, and I may have > passed it on to you. Check it out as below right now. Your > drive may crash!! > "I had a virus which apparently > attaches itself to everyone in my address book. I deleted it > > successfully. you may have it as well. > Follow these instructions to see if you have it. It > transfers to > whomever is in your address book. It > lies dormant for 14 days, then kills your hard drive. If > you've got it send these instructions > to everyone in you address book. Otherwise, it may be sent > back to you by somebody else. > 1. go to start-then to "find or search" > 2. in the "search for files or folders" type in sulfnbk.exe > - > this is the name of the virus. 3. in > the "look in" make sure you're searching drive C > 4. hit "search" button ))or find_ > 5. if this file shows up (it's an ugly > blackish icon that will have the name sulfnbk.exe) DON'T > OPEN IT > 6. right click on the file - go down to > delete and left click > 7. It will ask if you want to send it > to the recycle bin - yes > 8. go to your desktop (where all your > icons are) and double-click on the recycle bin > 9. right click on sulfnbk.exe and > delete again or just empty the recycle bin > IF YOU FIND THIS.....SEND IT TO > EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK, > BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT IS TRANSFERRED. > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > > >
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