--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:37:18 -0700
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6443 FYI: virus alert (HOAX)
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
>References:  <[log in to unmask]>

Perhaps a further comment is warranted.  This hoax asks you to search
for the "sulfnbk.exe" file.  The hoax says that if you find the file,
you have the virus, and should delete the file.  The insidious part
of this hoax, is that the "sulfnbk.exe" file is part of the standard
Windows operating system.  So, everyone with Windows 98, and probably
other versions, will find this file.  When/if you delete it, you are
deleting part of the OS.

Not a very important part, and you can restore it from your Windows
CD, if you need to.  But the hoax is not entirely harmless.  The
Norton/Symantec and McAfee antivirus sites have more detail.

--On Friday, December 21, 2001 8:06 AM -0500 LLTI-Editor
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Editor's (Otmar's) comment: Symantec Security Response encourages
> you to ignore any messages regarding this hoax. It is harmless and
> is intended only to cause unwarranted concern.
[snip]
>  "Search for Files or Folders" type sulfnbk.exe

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131  505/277-7368 fax 505/277-3885
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