Now how do you restore the file?
Stu Ellis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Boomer Shapiro" <shapir0@ihug.co.nz>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 5:39 AM
Subject: [MV] Fw: doh..
> Ignore everything, I checked up on this.
>
> THE E-MAIL IS A HOAX. The file is a valid Microsoft exe.
>
>
>
> Following is from Symantec's site
> (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html) You
> can't download a file to your hard drive without being aware you have (and
I
> knew I hadn't so I checked).
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> The accompanying message says something like:
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> Symantec's advice.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Robyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Collins [mailto:dcollins@ptialaska.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2001 17:41
> To: Pat Wake; Robyn Groufsky; Rose Smith; L B; manna@alaska.net; Mary in
> KS; shelia lane
> Subject: Virus Alert!
>
>
> A buddy of mine found out he had been passed a virus that was scheduled
to
> activate on June 1st. Apparently it attaches itself to the C drive. He
told
> me to check and see if I had it - and I did. So now I have to contact
> everyone I have e-mailed since receiving it from him.
>
> This is how to check to see if you have it, and how to remove it from
your
> computer.
>
> Go to Start, then Find, then Files and Folders
>
> In the "Look in" box at the bottom make sure it says (C) for your C
drive.
> Mine said Micron C
>
> Then type in sulfnbk.exe
>
> and hit find
>
> if it shows up in the window below, right click and delete it. That will
> send it to your recycle bin.
>
> Follow it into your recycle bin and permanently delete it from there and
> it is gone from your system.
>
> Like I said, it is scheduled to self-activate June 1st so you need to
> delete it right away.
>
> If you have any questions feel free to call or e-mail me...
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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