> I've heard it reported that the hoaxers deliberately chose this file
> because of its icon, which would be likely to make people think it's
> dodgy.
I think you've hit on the kernel of it there, Peter. That's what fooled me
for a while.
best
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: so what is it?
> On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, david.bircumshaw wrote...
>
> >Yes, Kent, whether a staggering swastika or a stylized elephant, the icon
> >doesn't look 'right' to me. Now quite possibly MS did throw a wobbly and
> >gave one of their files a strange icon, but it doesn't seem like them to
> >have done so. I'd like to hear from people with pc's, not thise lucky mac
> >users , who've succesfully re-started their machines since yesterday.
>
> Well I have a PC, and it has sulfnbk.exe, complete with its strange
> icon, where it's supposed to be. I haven't noticed any ill effects on my
> computer.
>
> I've heard it reported that the hoaxers deliberately chose this file
> because of its icon, which would be likely to make people think it's
> dodgy. Excel has its famous flight simulator if you press the right
> buttons, and there are similar "Easter Eggs" hidden in various other
> Microsoft products. So it's hardly unprecedented of MS to include a bit
> of embedded silliness.
>
> (Go to http://www.eeggs.com/ if you don't believe me.)
>
> "the proper functioning of Windows" sounds a bit like a contradiction in
> terms to me, Kent. If you search on Microsoft's site, there's a
> description of sulfnbk.exe as a utility for restoring long file names
> after you've de-installed Windows. That doesn't sound terribly
> fundamental to me.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
>
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