HOAX Re: I had it and you probably do too

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At 3:59 PM -0700 5/28/01, Sandy G. wrote:

This message is real

I found this virus dormant on my computer. It did not come in on

an attachment but I want to warn everyone about it. Evidently it

will not show up on the normal virus checks.

Sorry for the

inconvenience.

It is a Hoax:

Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC)

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter

SULFNBK.EXE Warning

Reported on: April 17, 2001

Last Updated on: May 15, 2001 at 05:28:25 PM PDT

The following hoax email has been reported in Brazil. The original

email is in Portuguese; it is followed by an English translation.

CAUTION: 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.

Original Portuguese version:

Vocês acreditam que uma amiga da lista enviou um alerta e os

procedimentos que deveriam ser tomados para a possível detecção

do maledeto SULFNBK.EXE. e eu fui conferir só por

desencargo de consciência. Pois é...O bichinho tava lá,

escondidinho até da McAfee e do Norton, talvez esperando algum

gatilho prá começar a trabalhar, né?

Aí vão, moçada, as orientações que eu segui à risca e que

me levaram ao tal coisinha ruím:

1 - Iniciar/Localizar Pastas. Digite o nome do " mardito " :

SULFNBK.EXE

2 - Se for encontrado, abra o Windows Explorer, vá até a pasta

onde ele se encontra alojado e delete-o de lá ou do próprio

ambiente do Localizar; - Não click com o botão esquerdo sobre

ele

e não abra o arquivo nem em caso de incêndio, ok?

3 - Apenas delete o bichinho.

4 - O meu estava em Windows/Command.

5 - O vírus da pessoa que passou o aviso estava em

Windows/Config.

Sim, o Norton e nem o McAfee não detectou.

Não sabemos se ele faz algum estrago na máquina, mas acho que

ninguém aqui vai querer testar para saber, né?

Gente, sem brincadeiras, já tirei o meu daqui....

E nem imaginava que tivesse hóspedes no PC.

Minha vacina está super-atualizada!!!

Façam o mesmo, ok?

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 a fun, I delete it from my computer.

And my definitions are updated.

Do it the same, ok?

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.

Write-up by:

FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS:

>I received this virus warning Saturday morning, May 26. I followed

the =

>instructions and sure enough, my computer was infected. I've got

=

>anti-virus software and it did not pick it up! Please read the

following =

>carefully.

>

>URGENT. A VIRUS could be in your computer files now, dormant

but

>will become active on June 1. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW TO

CHECK

>IF YOU HAVE IT AND TO REMOVE IT NOW.

>

>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. To find it and get rid of it

off of

>your computer, do the following.

>

>Go to the " START " button.

>Go to " FIND " or " SEARCH "

>Go to " FILES & FOLDERS "

>Make sure the find box is searching the " C: " drive.

>Type in; SULFNBK.EXE

>Begin search.

>

>If it finds it, highlight it.

>Go to 'File' and delete it.

>lose the find Dialog box

>Open the Recycle Bin

>Find the file and delete it from the Recycle bin

>You should be safe.

>

>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!!!

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