VIRUS ALERT REVISITED

[Joseph Kohut]

I have been deceived! IT IS A HOAX. Please DO NOT follow the instructions I sent in an earlier message. 

I have received several e-mail messages explaining how I have been duped, and I am copying a few of  them here for your convience:


 From Craig Walker

If you want to find out about this virus? alert got to this URL.  It also
tells you how to restore the program if you deleted it, thinking it was a
virus:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

The program is a windows program, but windows will run w/o it.  The program
enables you to use a long name for a file name

Craig 

 From Felipe Sanchez

The enclosed URL is most useful.  The recent virus alert was based on inaccuracies.
Check Hoaxes:  Urban Legends: http://www.snopes2.com/index.html 
  "Origins:   Whether the SULFNBK.EXE message was deliberately intended as a prank for gullible computer users or an honest warning based on a misunderstanding, the instructions listed above should NOT be acted upon. The file SULFNBK.EXE is a standard component of the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems, a program used to backup and restore long filenames. Its presence does not indicate that a user's PC is harboring a virus, and the unnecessary deletion of this file can interfere with the normal functioning of a PC. 

  SULFNBK.EXE is one of the files that the W32/Magistr.aaMM virus used as a means of transmission -- infected copies were attached to mail messages which copied them to the recipients' PCs. (The real SULFNBK.EXE file should be found in the C:\Windows\Command folder.) However, the mere presence of this file does not mean that a system is infected. 

  You should not delete SULFNBK.EXE unless a virus-check program has scanned the file and told you it is infected. (The lack of SULFNBK.EXE won't generally cause a PC to stop working, but users who have removed it from their PCs should make the effort to restore it to avoid potential problems.) If you have already mistakenly deleted this file, you can find instructions for restoring it at Microsoft's web site or on the Symantec page linked below." 

  I sincerely apologize for any inconvience this may have caused. I am determined to be less gullible in the future, and to check out suspicious e-mails first via http://scopes.com before I take action.

  Best regards, 

  Joe

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