Re: Fw: URGENT - VIRUS Warning! activates 1st June -SULFNBK.EXE

[Guest guest]

Please check out this website:

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99084 &

[Guest guest]

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> Please check out this website:

> http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99084 &

>

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or this one

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

[Guest guest]

That warning is a hoax. I got this off Norton's Virus Site

Reported on: April 17, 2001

Last Updated on: May 29, 2001 at 06:22:42 AM PDT

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The following hoax email has been reported in

Brazil. The

original email is in Portuguese; it is followed by

an English

translation.

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, you should contact

your

computer manufacturer or Microsoft for

assistance.

As an alternative, If you are running Windows

98 or

Windows Me, see the document How to extract

files

in Safe Mode under Windows 98 or Windows

Millennium.

NOTE: The instructions in this document

are

provided for your convenience. The

extraction

of Windows files uses Microsoft programs

and

commands. Symantec does not provide

warranty support for or assistance with

Microsoft products.

Translated English version:

Do you believe that a friend of mine sent me an

alert and

the procedure that we have to follow for the

possible

infection of SULFNBK.EXE. And I had checked, just

to make

sure. An then... the file was there, hidden even of

McAfee

and Norton, maybe waiting something to start work.

Well, see bellow the procedure that I followed step

by

step, and I found the file:

1. Start/Find Folders. Type the file name:

SULFNBK.EXE

2. If it find, open Windows Explorer, browse into

the folder

where the file is and delete it. Do not click with

left button

on the file and do not open it.

3. Just delete it

4. Mine was on Windows/Command

5. The virus from the person who gave the alert was

on

Windows/Config

Yes, Norton and McAfee do not detect it.

We do not know if it makes some damage on the

machine, but I think that anybody will not want to

test it

to know, will it?

Folks, this is not fun, I deleted it from my

computer.

And my definitions are updated.

Do the same, ok?

A new version of this hoax has additional text

stating the

virus will activate on June 1st:

It was brought to my attention yesterday that a

virus is

in circulation via email. I looked for it and to my

surprise I

found it on mine. ..

Please follow the directions and remove it from

yours

TODAY!!!!!!!

No Virus software can detect it. It will become

active on

June 1, 2001.

It might be too late by then. It wipes out all

files and

folders on

the hard drive. This virus travels thru E-mail and

migrates to

the

'C:\windows\command' folder.

The bad part is: You need to contact everyone you

have

sent ANY

E-mail to in the past few months. Many major

companies

have found this virus on

their computers. Please help your friends !!!!!!!!

DO NOT RELY ON YOUR ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE. McAFEE and

NORTON CANNOT

DETECT IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT BECOME A VIRUS UNTIL

JUNE

1ST.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!!

Category: Hoax

Please ignore any messages regarding this hoax and

do

not pass on messages. Passing on messages about the

hoax only serves to further propagate it.

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