[Elfsea] Virus hoax addressed in Volume 1 #378

[Beorngard Iceheart]

Good people of Elfsea,

There seems to be an e-mail going around regarding a
virus. It is a hoax. The file it refers to is the file
that supports long file names for windows. The
information on this hoax and directions on putting the
file back can be found here.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

Humbly Submitted,
Beorngard

 It does no real harm to delete it but it is not the
best case scenario to do so. The email looks like
this:

 Hi everyone, please take a minute to take a look at
this....

     I just found this virus after being warned about
it from a friend of
mine.
good.  I am forwarding this e-mail to you, since you
are in my address
book and it spreads from address book to address book.
It is apparently
undetectable by Norton and McAfee Anti-Virus
detectors. It remains dormant
for abut 14 days then activates and wipes out the hard
drive data.

      Since I have you in my address book, I want to
share this message in
case you, too, picked it up. The directions for
removing it are quite easy
to follow.

      1. Go to 'start' - then to 'find or search'
(depending on your
computer)

      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') DO NOT OPEN IT

      6. RIGHT click on the file - go down to delete
and left click.

      7. It will ask you if you want to send it to the
recycle bin, say 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 empty the bin.

      If you find it, send this e-mail to all in your
address book, because
that's how it's transferred.

      Sorry for the bad news. Hopefully, you won't
find it, or at least will
find it in time to avoid the problems with your hard
drive.


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