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'Subject: Virus Warning...
I had this so you need to check
This is a serious e-mail. I received an e-mail from a friend. and
this warning from him of a virus that was passed on to him. His PC
was infected and since I was in his address book it had probably been
spread to my computer.
I followed the instructions and located the virus. By following
the instructions, I was able to delete the virus. The bad news is
that you probably have it, as you are in MY address book! More bad
news is that my Norton anti-virus recently updated virus program did
not detect this virus.

This virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive.
Here is what to do. If you follow the instructions and then see that
you have the virus, you need to send a similar e-mail to everyone in
your address book.
Remove the virus by following these steps:
1. Go to "Start."
Then to "Find" or "Search" (depending on your computer.)
2. In the "Search for files or folders" type sulfnbk.exe -- this is
the name of the virus.
3. In the "Look in" section, make sure you are searching Drive C:
4. Hit "Search" or "Find."
5. If your search finds this file, it will be an ugly blackish icon
that will have the name sulfnbk.exe.
DO NOT OPEN IT!
If it does not show up on your first "Search," try a "New Search."
6. Right click on the file Left top of screen-- go down to "Delete"
and left click.
7. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the Recycling
Bin--say "Yes."
8. Go to your Desktop (where all your icons are) and right click on
the Recycle Bin and either manually delete the sulfnbk.exe program
or empty the entire bin.
9. If you found the virus on your system, send this or a similar e-
mail to all in your address book because this is how it is
transferred.

Sorry for the trouble and my apologies for having
unwittingly "infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.'

'Tom
Try this page.
http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/hoaxes/hoax5.asp?HName=SULFNBK%20Hoax

On the page you can see that Windows use SULFNBK.EXE to restore long file
names on the Start menu. Therefore it isn?t necessary a virus.
Best Regards

Lars

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Tom_Downey [mailto:tom_downey@yahoo.com]
Sendt: 1. januar 2002 08:24
Til: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Emne: [fairchildclub] Another Virus I had it


Subject: Virus Warning...
I had this so you need to check
This is a serious e-mail. I received an e-mail from a friend. and
this warning from him of a virus that was passed on to him. His PC
was infected and since I was in his address book it had probably been
spread to my computer.
I followed the instructions and located the virus. By following
the instructions, I was able to delete the virus. The bad news is
that you probably have it, as you are in MY address book! More bad
news is that my Norton anti-virus recently updated virus program did
not detect this virus.

This virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive.
Here is what to do. If you follow the instructions and then see that
you have the virus, you need to send a similar e-mail to everyone in
your address book.
Remove the virus by following these steps:
1. Go to "Start."
Then to "Find" or "Search" (depending on your computer.)
2. In the "Search for files or folders" type sulfnbk.exe -- this is
the name of the virus.
3. In the "Look in" section, make sure you are searching Drive C:
4. Hit "Search" or "Find."
5. If your search finds this file, it will be an ugly blackish icon
that will have the name sulfnbk.exe.
DO NOT OPEN IT!
If it does not show up on your first "Search," try a "New Search."
6. Right click on the file Left top of screen-- go down to "Delete"
and left click.
7. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the Recycling
Bin--say "Yes."
8. Go to your Desktop (where all your icons are) and right click on
the Recycle Bin and either manually delete the sulfnbk.exe program
or empty the entire bin.
9. If you found the virus on your system, send this or a similar e-
mail to all in your address book because this is how it is
transferred.

Sorry for the trouble and my apologies for having
unwittingly "infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.



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'This is a HOAX. sulfnbk.exe is a file installed on your computer for
handling long file names by Micro Soft. It is not a virus.
If your doubt the veracity, go to http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
where you
will find it on a list of hoaxes.

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.

Version 2
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 3
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.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom_Downey"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Another Virus I had it


Subject: Virus Warning...
I had this so you need to check
This is a serious e-mail. I received an e-mail from a friend. and
this warning from him of a virus that was passed on to him. His PC
was infected and since I was in his address book it had probably been
spread to my computer.
I followed the instructions and located the virus. By following
the instructions, I was able to delete the virus. The bad news is
that you probably have it, as you are in MY address book! More bad
news is that my Norton anti-virus recently updated virus program did
not detect this virus.

This virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive.
Here is what to do. If you follow the instructions and then see that
you have the virus, you need to send a similar e-mail to everyone in
your address book.
Remove the virus by following these steps:
1. Go to "Start."
Then to "Find" or "Search" (depending on your computer.)
2. In the "Search for files or folders" type sulfnbk.exe -- this is
the name of the virus.
3. In the "Look in" section, make sure you are searching Drive C:
4. Hit "Search" or "Find."
5. If your search finds this file, it will be an ugly blackish icon
that will have the name sulfnbk.exe.
DO NOT OPEN IT!
If it does not show up on your first "Search," try a "New Search."
6. Right click on the file Left top of screen-- go down to "Delete"
and left click.
7. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the Recycling
Bin--say "Yes."
8. Go to your Desktop (where all your icons are) and right click on
the Recycle Bin and either manually delete the sulfnbk.exe program
or empty the entire bin.
9. If you found the virus on your system, send this or a similar e-
mail to all in your address book because this is how it is
transferred.

Sorry for the trouble and my apologies for having
unwittingly "infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.



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'Tom,

Whenever you get a message like the Virus one, you ought to go to an
internet search engine (I use www.google.com) and look for that virus
name. I typed in the name and found more than a thousand references,
the first from Mcafee and the second from the HOAX web site. This
'virus' eMail is somebody's idea of a joke. Your friend passed the note
to you in good faith, and the person that passed it to them was probably
sincere, but if you go a long way back, someone started the whole thing
as a joke.

Bob Waldron
Stillwater MN
F24-K

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom_Downey
To:
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:23 AM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Another Virus I had it


> Subject: Virus Warning...
> I had this so you need to check
> This is a serious e-mail. I received an e-mail from a friend. and
> this warning from him of a virus that was passed on to him. His PC
> was infected and since I was in his address book it had probably been
> spread to my computer.
> I followed the instructions and located the virus. By following
> the instructions, I was able to delete the virus. The bad news is
> that you probably have it, as you are in MY address book! More bad
> news is that my Norton anti-virus recently updated virus program did
> not detect this virus.
>
> This virus lies dormant for 14 days and then kills your hard drive.
> Here is what to do. If you follow the instructions and then see that
> you have the virus, you need to send a similar e-mail to everyone in
> your address book.
> Remove the virus by following these steps:
> 1. Go to "Start."
> Then to "Find" or "Search" (depending on your computer.)
> 2. In the "Search for files or folders" type sulfnbk.exe -- this is
> the name of the virus.
> 3. In the "Look in" section, make sure you are searching Drive C:
> 4. Hit "Search" or "Find."
> 5. If your search finds this file, it will be an ugly blackish icon
> that will have the name sulfnbk.exe.
> DO NOT OPEN IT!
> If it does not show up on your first "Search," try a "New Search."
> 6. Right click on the file Left top of screen-- go down to "Delete"
> and left click.
> 7. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the Recycling
> Bin--say "Yes."
> 8. Go to your Desktop (where all your icons are) and right click on
> the Recycle Bin and either manually delete the sulfnbk.exe program
> or empty the entire bin.
> 9. If you found the virus on your system, send this or a similar e-
> mail to all in your address book because this is how it is
> transferred.
>
> Sorry for the trouble and my apologies for having
> unwittingly "infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.
>
>
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