Hi all,
Before you start getting all excited about the latest virus hoax, try
checking the following URL's. Then, if you find the scare to be
genuine, pass the message along.
http://www.netsquirrel.com/combatkit/
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#identify
http://www.kumite.com/myths/home.htm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBOtherHoaxPages.html
Please, get wise, stop being a newbie, check it out!
Please see the following which I got simply by taking two minutes out
of my busy day to type in the URL for google. Google found this stuff
in less than two minutes. Here is the URL for the text below, folks,
go there and check it out yourselves.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
SULFNBK.EXE Warning
Reported on: April 17, 2001
Last Updated on: May 29, 2001 at 06:22:42 AM PDT
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The following hoax email has been reported in Brazil. The original email is in
Portuguese; it is followed by an English translation.
CAUTIONS:
o 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.
o 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.
o If you have deleted the Sulfnbk.exe file from the C:\Windows\Command
folder and want to know how to restore the file, you should contact your
computer manufacturer or Microsoft for assistance. As an alternative, If
you are running Windows 98 or Windows Me, see the document How to extract
files in Safe Mode under Windows 98 or Windows Millennium.
o NOTE: The instructions in this document are provided for your
convenience. The extraction of Windows files uses Microsoft programs
and commands. Symantec does not provide warranty support for or
assistance with Microsoft products.
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 fun, I deleted it from my computer.
And my definitions are updated.
Do the same, ok?
A new version of this hoax has additional text stating 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!!!
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.
--
Ann K. Parsons
email: [log in to unmask] ICQ Number: 33006854
WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp
"All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
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