[BNW] Re: [Welcome to Mutant High] Fw: [vampiresFlame] Fwd: Virus alert, sorry I passed it on

[David Fryer <badsign_98@yahoo.com>]

Disregard any messages regarding the sulfnbk.exe
virus. This is a hoax, one not easily detectable
because the named program actually does exixst as part
of the Windows operationg system. I have included
copies of the various messages and instructions about
how to restore the program if you have already deleted
it. I have also included the links I took the info
from in case you wish to review it yourself. Please
pass this on. We need to counter internet pranksters
whenever they appear especially since deleting a
portion of the operating system, as in this case,
could impare your computer's functions.

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99084&;
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/sulfnbk.shtml

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore
any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and
is intened only to cause unwarranted concern. 

Type: Hoax 


Description:


The following hoax email was first reported in Brazil.
The original email is in Portuguese; it is followed by
several other versions.


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
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?

Version 2
This one has additional text stating that 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.


In the event that SULFNBK.EXE was deleted erroneously,
the following     od may be used to restore the file
from backup: 

-- Windows 98 Instructions --

1) Click START - RUN, type SFC and hit ENTER 
2) In the "Specify the system file you would like to
restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SULFNBK.EXE
and hit ENTER 
3) In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your
WINDOWS CAB files 
(ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS) 
(ie. D:\WIN98 where D is the drive letter assigned to
your CD-ROM) 
4) Click OK and continue with the restore function 

-- End Windows 98 Instructions -- 

-- Windows ME Instructions -- 

1) Click START - RUN, type MSCONFIG and hit ENTER 
2) Click the Extract Files button
3) In the "Specify the system file you would like to
restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SULFNBK.EXE
and hit ENTER 
4) In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your
WINDOWS CAB files 
(ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\INSTALL) 
5) Click OK and continue with the restore function 

-- End Windows ME Instructions -- 



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