Hanu Man on Fri, 1 Jun 2001 01:52:21 +0200 (CEST)


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> > Security experts warn against June 1 virus hoax
> >
> >
> > An e-mail hoax circulating around the Internet in a variety of
> > languages calls on users to trash the SULFNBK.EXE file in Windows 98.
> > Security experts say the message should be ignored because deleting the
> > file could damage the Microsoft Corp. operating system.
> >
> > The CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
>issued
> > an activity alert on the e-mail threat Tuesday. The alert tells readers
>that
> > the e-mail was written in several languages and specifically refers to the
> > SULFNBK.EXE file, a utility that can help users restore long file names.
> >
> > In its current form, the hoax warns people that if they don't trash the
> > SULFNBK.EXE file on the their PCs, a virus will erupt June 1 and wipe out
>their
> > hard drives and all their files. But that isn't true. CERT spokesman Bill
> > Pollak said anyone who gets the e-mail should delete the message and not
> > forward it to anyone.
> >
> > "This e-mail message is a hoax," the CERT advisory reads. "Although
>SULFNBK.EXE
> > file may be infected by a number of valid viruses, the mere presence of
>the
> > file as described in the message is not a sign of a virus infection."
> >
> > Hartmann said a diabolical twist to the hoax is that in singling out the
> > SULFNBK.EXE file, it hints at an actual virus. He added that there's
>currently
> > a virus circulating in North America that will e-mail infected SULFNBK.EXE
> > files to users.
> >
> > "But that is something different from the hoax; they are two different
>things,"
> > Hartmann said. If you receive an e-mail telling you to delete SULFNBK.EXE,
> > ignore it; if you receive someone else's SULFNBK.EXE as an attachment,
> > delete it, he advised.
> >
> >
> >

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