Re: check all drives for sulfnbk.exe urgently & delete at once. IT's A VIRUS & it's NOT one of those hoax ones

From: Dave Haynes (gvcontact@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 11:26:35 CEST

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    Hi everybody,
    I think this IS a hoax. I found the following on the web http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

    "The file that is mentioned in the hoax, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to restore long file names"

    do check this out - and could someone confirm this for me.

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      Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:31 AM
      Subject: Fw: check all drives for sulfnbk.exe urgently & delete at once. IT's A VIRUS & it's NOT one of those hoax ones

      by gum it is too!!
       
      i deleted it too ...
       
      pass it on
       
      paul murphy
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: debbie golt
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      Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:35 AM
      Subject: check all drives for sulfnbk.exe urgently & delete at once. IT's A VIRUS & it's NOT one of those hoax ones

      Please read the correspondence below and act quickly - i checked as suggested and i DID find this rogue programme file in my c drive (deleted safely) - the notification message came to me via the COMMA discussion group which is a community radio and media circle.

      debbie
      (I've put the messages in reverse order as the first one is the vital one)

      In a message dated 24/05/2001 02:43:56 GMT Daylight Time
      elizabeth.roters@hccnet.nl writes
       
      Halloo everyoneI have just received a warning about a virus (sulfnbk.exe) that is
       
      This virus is not known to any virus scanner & that if it is on your hard disc will remove all your files! This virus has been made by an ex- Casema employee & will be active from the 25 of may. Here follow the instructions to remove it

      Start - go to Files & Folders (for all your partitions C,D,E etc)-type in Sulf - then click on 'find now'
      If you find sulfnbk.exe. select it with your mouse (don't double click or open it !)
      click right & delete
       
      Empty your Recycle bin on your desk top immediately!
           
      I found it on my hard disk & removed it....don't wait, do it
      straight away!
       

      ----- Original Message
    > From: Claire Thacker
    > To: COMMA-L Discussion List> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:44 AM
    > Subject: [comma-l]
    >

       Hi all,
      Sorry for bombarding you with stuff, but I decided it was worth having
      irritated friends and contacts rather than having ignorant ones.
      I recieved this today and thought, 'it's one of those bloody hoax's
      again' but decided I'd better try anyway, and guess what, I found out
      one of my files had it, so please, don't delay, check today...hmmm, can
      you tell I was with a load of poets last night?
      Claire

       

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