Subject: FYI: Hoax Virus warning
To: ALL-UNDERGRADUATE-STUDENTS-L@TECHUNIX.TECHNION.AC.IL
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Shalom,
Some of you may have received a 'virus' warning with a text similar to the one
quoted below (keep reading after the quoted text!):

"YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A VIRUS. I HAVE A VIRUS RESIDENT IN STILL THERE
AFTER RUNNINGTHE LATEST UPGRADE OF McAFEE VIRUS SCAN. IT IS ALSO NOT
DETECTED BY NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2001, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF
IT. THE FILE NAME IS SULFNBK.EXE .IT WILL NOT ACTIVATE UNTIL 1 JUNE.

SOME CONTACTS IN MY ADDRESS BOOK HAVE ALREADY BEEN INFECTED.

THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS IS STORED IN THE WINDOWS\COMMAND DIRECTORY AND I'M
NOT SURE WHERE IT CAME FROM.

TO REMOVE IT DO A FILE SEARCH IN WINDOWS EXPLORER FOR SULFNBK AND

DELETE IT AND THEN DELETE IT FROM YOUR WASTE BIN. IT WILL ACTIVATE IN

YOUR WASTE BIN. DON'T DOUBLE CLICK IT OTHERWISE YOU WILL ACTIVATE IT.

IT ATTACHES ITSELF TO E-MAILS SO ADVISE OTHERS WHO YOU MAY HAVE SENT

THEM TO (IF YOU HAVE IT AND AFTER DELETING IT).

THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAME FROM MY SENDER AND FROM NORTON."

Please note:

1. SULFNBK.EXE is a Windows system support file and should not be deleted (a
pain to recover).

2. The whole story is a hoax (i.e it is NOT a virus), as claimed by Symantec.
See:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.e...

3. Please do NOT send the false warning to your friends! This is in fact the
real virus, as it clogges the network.

Thanks,
Moshe