[Ravensfort] LOOK FOR THIS FILE & DELETE IT(READ THIS FIRST)

[Berta Allen]

So it is a file that has to do with using long file names? Great, I sit
corrected. Sorry for any confusion...
Chrystal

>From: "Charley Atchley" <Charley at lcc.net>
>Reply-To: ravensfort at ansteorra.org
>To: <ravensfort at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: RE: [Ravensfort] LOOK FOR THIS FILE & DELETE IT(READ THIS FIRST)
>Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 19:22:46 -0500
>
>STOP EVERYONE!!!!! This e-mail is a hoax. Do not damage your windows by
>following the advise that it gives! I found the article below on Symantec's
>site. I use windows NT and MAC, neither one of them has a problem with long
>file names.
>
>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
>
>
>The following hoax email has been reported in Brazil. The original email is
>in Portuguese; it is followed by an English translation.
>
>CAUTIONS:
>
>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.
>The virus/worm W32.Magistr.24876 at 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.
>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.
>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.
>
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