From: peaceout (peaceout@gwu.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 15:18:10 EST
This is my last e-mail about this. I promise.
-----Original Message-----
From: ace331 [mailto:ace331@gwu.edu]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:21 PM
To: GWAC
Subject: [gwA16] the virus hoax, how to fix it
the thing is a hoax
go here to learn how to fix it, if u accidentally deleted the file
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
This particular email message is a hoax. The file that is mentioned in the
hoax, however, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to
restore long file names, and like any .exe file, it can be infected by a
virus
that targets .exe files.
The virus/worm W32.Magistr.24876@mm can arrive as an attachment named
Sulfnbk.exe. The Sulfnbk.exe file used by Windows is located in the
C:\Windows\Command folder. If the file is located in any other folder, or
arrives as an attachment to a email message, then it is possible that the
file
is infected. In this case, if a scan with the latest virus definitions and
with NAV set to scan all files does not detect the file as being infected,
quarantine and submit the file to SARC for analysis by following the
instructions in the document How to submit a file to SARC using Scan and
Deliver.
If you have deleted the Sulfnbk.exe file from the C:\Windows\Command folder
and want to know how to restore the file, see the How to restore the
Sulfnbk.exe file section at the end of this document.
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