Fw: [vedic astrology] fixing the hoax for those who need it.

June 3, 2001

Dear Liliana,

This is from the same list, another source. I hope it will help you.

Best regards,

Patrice

[vedic astrology] fixing the hoax for those who need it.

Hope this helps all of you who I inconvenienced with the bogus virus warning.

here is the file

you got to open >> Widows Explorer >> Go to "Window 98" -folder >> open it >> go

to "COMMAND" - folder >> open it and than drag or " cut and paste " the file

into it .

or follow the instruction on the web site >> click the 2. "Tell me more " below

good luck

SULFNBK: JUST ANOTHER HOAX

Several well-meaning friends recently sent me warnings about a killer virus

contained in a file called SULFNBK. You probably got one of these emails, too.

Search any Windows PC and you'll find a file by that name. So should you believe

the dire warning that it's undetectable by antivirus programs? Will it really

wipe out every file and folder on your hard drive on June 1?

Nope. SULFNBK is a perfectly legitimate (although slightly obscure) Windows

file. Symantec's Antivirus Research Center (SARC) has an excellent write-up that

explains the hoax. Tell me more. If you've already been taken in and deleted

this innocent file, don't worry. Mary Landesman, About.com's Antivirus Guide,

has instructions on how to recover the deleted file.

Tell me more.

How did this hoax get started? Probably because someone got infected with the

extremely nasty Magistr virus. This diabolical worm sifts through the Windows

folder on an infected machine in search of files to attack. Magistr probably

picked out the SULFNBK file on the machine belonging to the poor soul who

started this misguided warning. But the infected file could just as easily have

been SUREGCAT or CFGWIZ32.

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