SULFNBK.EXE Hoax

Information about the SULFNBK.EXE Hoax:

These messages sent as a warning is a Hoax. Please note that the Magistr virus-worm can choose SULFNBK.EXE file to infect and send it out. If you receive any mail with attachment by SULFNBK.EXE then delete the E-mail message and never run the attachment.

Message 1 :
" Virus SULFNBK.EXE
Instructions to find and delete it.
1. Start and got to Find Files. Type the name: SULFNBK.EXE
2. If it is there, open Windows Explorer, look for the file
where you found it, and then delete. Don't left click and don't open it even if there is a fire, o.k.?
3. Just delete it.
4. Mine was in Windows/Command.
5. The person wh passed this warning to me found it in Windows/Config.

And Norton did not discover it..."

Message 2 :
Recently,it has been identified one of the Virus
which is one of the most dangerous of its kind, which
- Travels alongwith PLAIN email Msgs (even without attachment) & seats on 'C:\windows\command' folder.
- No Antivirus Packs viz.McAfee,Norton etc detects it or Wipes it out.
- The Virus Will get activated on 1st June 2001.
- The Virus may Wipe out all the files & folders from your Hard Disk Drive.

To find out & get rid of the virus,pls do the following:
Go to the "START" button.
Go to "FIND" or "SEARCH"
Go to "FILES & FOLDERS"
Make sure the find box is searching the "C:" drive.
Type in: SULFNBK.EXE
Begin search.
If it finds it, highlight it.
Go to 'File' and delete it.
Close the find Dialog box
Open the Recycle Bin
Find the file and delete it from the Recycle bin
You should be safe.

Other names of SULFNBK.EXE:

This Hoax is also known as Long File Name Backup Utility hoax.