[Ansteorra-announce] Virus Hoax

[Carl Chipman]

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There is a message currently being circulated around the internet.  The
text of this message will be of these two forms:

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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!!!

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This is a hoax. Do not delete the file.  For details go to.

http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/weekly/aa052601a.ht
m?rnk=r1
<http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/weekly/aa052601a.h
tm?rnk=r1&terms=sulfnbk.exe> &terms=sulfnbk.exe
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99084
<http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99084&> &
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

Ld. Jean Paul de Sens

Carl Chipman
Nomadics, Inc.
cchipman at nomadics.com
http://www.nomadics.com

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