OT, virus alert

[Atrocities]

I received this today, and thought I should let everyone here know.


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"Hello,

Today, after a friend's call, I found a virus on my pc named: sulf
it is programmed to erase your hd on 25-mai-2001 (yes tomorrow) and has been spreading through email. Virus scanners dont find it, it CAN be found by entering sulf in your file search (at least in Windows) it will probably find a file called sulfnbk.exe GET RID OF IT and dont forget to remove it from your trashcan!

Go on to your desktop and press F3 to bring the search menu up.

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[Deathstalker]

got the same e-mail, found the file and got rid of it. Anyone know how the hell this happened??? I only download stuff I know about, I WANT to find out where this came from and how I can avoid this in the future!

Glad I read my email b4 I went to bed!

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

[raynor]

This is a hoax. The file is a Windows utility. Check out this info on the Symantec website:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

[JLXC]

Is this some sick joke? That file you mentioned I checked on my computer. It just happens to have been installed on my computer the day I upgraded to WinME like ALL the other files in there.

Someone must have been trying to trick you into erasing something important, since they couldn't infect you. Quite devious. Or is it that you folks are trying to trick us into doing it?

I'd love to know what other people think.

[JLXC]

Thanks raynor... knew it had to be.

[Deathstalker]

oh lovely, damn I feel gullable now. I erased that file. I hope like hell this dosn't mean I have to re-intall windows.

Grrrrr. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif

[Atrocities]

Oh hahahahah. &gt;: I am not ammused. Oh well, live and learn.

[Atrocities]

Just look for the deleted file at: http://search.microsoft.com/us/SearchMS25.asp?so=RECCNT&qu=sulfnbk.exe&qu=sulfnbk.exe+&boolean=ALL&i=00&i=02&i=04&i=06&i=08&i=01&i=03&i=05&i=07&i=09&p=1&nq=WITHIN&fqu=EXE%252 6SULFN (http://search.microsoft.com/us/SearchMS25.asp?so=RECCNT&qu=sulfnbk.exe&qu=sulfnbk.exe+&boolean=ALL&i=00&i=02&i=04&i=06&i=08&i=01&i=03&i=05&i=07&i=09&p=1&nq=WITHIN&fqu=EXE%2526 SULFN) BK

Once you load the page, TELL IT too search again.



[This message has been edited by Atrocities (edited 25 May 2001).]

[DaftWager]

that search didn't work for me, can you just link to the DL site?

[DaftWager]

Yes, please post it!

[Nitram Draw]

Here is the file. I scanned it with Norton Anti-Virus 2001 so I am pretty sure it is clean.

[DaftWager]

Thanks! http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

[This message has been edited by MrSchizoid (edited 25 May 2001).]

[Nitram Draw]

I received instructions from our parent company to delete the file and did it.
Anyone know what this file does? It doesn't seem to have affected the operation of my computer.

[Dracus]

Now your computer can not handle long file names.

This is what that file does.

Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft
Windows utility that is used to restore long file names



[This message has been edited by Dracus (edited 25 May 2001).]

[Nitram Draw]

Thanks.
I was sent a copy of the file. If anyone would like it I will post it here.

[mottlee]

Geee. Win-95 did not find file so I did not delete it http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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