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Subject: Re: It's a Hoax

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 21:19:38 05/22/01

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On May 22, 2001 at 16:34:59, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On May 22, 2001 at 16:20:23, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I just received a message from a friend, concerning a
>>virus alert:
>>
>>
>>
>>"DANGEROUS VIRUS
>>
>>
>>Search for the file  sulfnbk.exe  on your harddisk.
>>
>>If you find it, delete it completely from your harddisk.
>>It is a new type of virus, that cannot be detected by
>>virus scanners. It is set to work on May 25th, 2001. So
>>there are only a few days left.
>>
>>PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO OTHER PEOPLE"
>>
>>
>>As I had it on my harddisk too (somewhere in the windows
>>directory), I pass on this message in this forum.
>
>Are you sure that the warning isn't the virus?

Your suspicions are correct. It is a hoax. Refer to this page

http://www.norton.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

Jeroen most likely received the email from a well intentioned friend
who did not realize it was a hoax.

Also suspect is the solution of simply deleting the file - how is that beyond
the capability of anti-virus software?
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q190/4/18.asp
>
>There's a reference to what that app is for.  The one on my computer has been
>there for two years, according to its date.
>
>bruce



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