david:
I've got this there too, drunken swastika icon and all -- but the file is
dated 23/04/99 which would make it a bit early for this virus/hoax. Sure
you aren't seeing the "authentic" Windows file that the inauthentic Sulfnbk
is meant to overwrite?
(Just done a global find, and no "Sulfnbk*" anywhere else [thank god!].
Isn't the real [fake?] virus meant to write itself to another file?)
Robin
----- Original Message -----
From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: The virus and the hoax
> Er, the virus is real, I can see it on my win command directory. As I
leave
> my pc on all the time fortunately it's not activated. But my curses on
> whoever flipped that into this list. I've tried disinfecting it with
Norton
> and that don't work nor does reinstating the original file from the win
inst
> disk.
>
> it's a bugger. You can easy spot if it's there as it shows up with an icon
> rather like a drunk staggering swastika.
>
> regards
>
> dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Fwd: The virus and the hoax
>
>
> > Jeez, Kent, if weird email messages are the symptom I must be Typhoid
> Mary.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > At 04:19 PM 6/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Well, OK, as a follow-up there is this. It seems it both is and is not
a
> > >hoax...
> > >
> > >kent
> > >
> > >
> > >>From: Eliot Weinberger <[log in to unmask]>
> > >>To: [log in to unmask]>
> > >>Subject: The virus and the hoax
> > >>Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:14:03 -0400
> > >>
> > >>Since I did indeed get the virus connected to SULFNBK.EXE, many people
> have
> > >>been sending me either the warning message or the message that the
> warning
> > >>message is a hoax.
> > >>
> > >>Please note here are two different things:
> > >>
> > >>On one side, there is a very real virus, which is sent as a
SULFNBK.EXE
> > >>file and which will lodge in your computer and automatically send
itself
> to
> > >>everyone on your e-mail list along with random selections from your
> > >>files.(Which is the virus I had).
> > >>
> > >>On the other side, all Windows programs have a legitimate file called
> > >>SULFNBK.EXE which does something about long file names, and is not
very
> > >>important.
> > >>
> > >>If you have NOT received an e-mail with a SULFNBK.EXE attachment which
> you
> > >>clicked on, there is no problem. Your SULFNBK.EXE file is normal. (You
> must
> > >>click on the attachment to get the virus; just opening the e-mail will
> not
> > >>do it.)
> > >>
> > >>If you did, or think you did, go to Windows Explorer, find the file,
and
> > >>see if the SULFNBK.EXE has been modified recently. (Or you'll know if
> > >>friends start complaining about getting weird e-mails from you.) You
> should
> > >>delete it, and then empty the trash. If for some reason you need it
> again,
> > >>you can reinstall it from the Windows program.
> > >>
> > >>As for the June 1 crash date-- which is probably a hoax, but who knows
> > >>yet?-- it will only apply to those infected with the virus. And if you
> have
> > >>it, believe me, you already know it.
> > >>
> > >>In short, it is not a hoax in that the virus lodges in this file once
it
> is
> > >>received, and it is a hoax in terms of the warning to EVERYONE to
delete
> > >>it.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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