SB: virus hoax

["Steve Lewis" <seaweedsteve@newmexico.com>]

SULFNBK.EXE Warning
Reported on: April 17, 2001
Last Updated on: January 11, 2002 at 10:46:25 AM PST

Symantec Security Response encourages you to ignore any messages regarding
this hoax. It is harmless and is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.

Type: Hoax


Description:


The following hoax email was first reported in Brazil, and the original
email was in Portuguese. Other language versions are in circulation.
Currently, the English language versions are most common.


CAUTIONS:

This particular email message is a hoax. The file that is mentioned in the
hoax, however, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me 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.

NOTE: The Sulfnbk.exe file is not required to run Windows. It may be
necessary if you need to restore long file names if the file names become
corrupted. For additional information, read the Microsoft Knowledge Base
article Description of Sulfnbk.exe and How to Replace the Program File
(Q301316)

The virus/worm W32.Magistr.24876@mm can arrive as an attachment named
Sulfnbk.exe. The Sulfnbk.exe file used by Windows is located by default in
the C:\Windows\Command folder.



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