Re: RAT Fw: FW: Virus alert-NOT A JOKE-please pay attention

["Glen-Skip- Newell" <skipworthy@hotmail.com>]

Rats-

sulfnbk is a hoax. found the following in a quick web search.

Restoring Sulfnbk.exe

                       How to repair damage from a hoax



                       SULFNBK.EXE, a utility shipped as part of the Windows 
98 operating system that allows users to restore long file names,
                       and now the victim of a bogus virus warning. The hoax 
message urges users to search their systems for the presence of
                       SULFNBK.EXE and, if found, delete it. Of course, it's 
a legitimate Win98 operating system file, so anyone running Windows
                       98 will find it. And many, it seems, have deleted it. 
Following are the steps to take to restore SULFNBK.EXE from your
                       Windows 98 operating system CD. You will want to have 
your Windows 98 operating CD in the CD-ROM drive bay. If the
                       program autoruns (launches), just click Exit.

                                                                  Windows 98 
includes a handy tool known as the System File Checker
                                                                  which can 
be used to restore damaged or deleted files. To open SFC,
                                                                  click 
"Start" | "Run" and type "SFC" without the quotes. Click "OK".
                                                                  System 
File Checker will launch a dialogue box with two choices.
                                                                  Choose 
"Extract one file from installation disk".

                                                                  In the 
"Specify the system file you would like to restore" box, type "sulfnbk.exe" 
(without the
                                                                  quotes). 
Click "Start".

                       You will be prompted to specify the location that 
contains the file you want to extract and the destination directory for that 
file. You will need to
                       input the "Restore from" location and the "Save file 
in" location.

                       "Restore from" will be the win98 folder on your 
Windows 98 operating system CD. It is easiest and most accurate to use the 
"Browse" button to
                       locate and select the folder. The "Save file in" 
destination folder is the Windows directory and Command subdirectory. For 
example,
                       C:\WIN98\COMMAND

                       When both boxes have been filled in, click OK. You 
should receive a message stating "The file has been successfully extracted". 
Click OK and close
                       any remaining SFC dialog boxes.

                       One final note, if you're one of the unfortunate who 
purchased a computer that comes with the notorious "Restore CD" only, you 
probably will not be
                       able to use that CD to restore the file (or install 
new hardware, or update/replace drivers, or do much of anything except 
restore your system to
                       factory defaults). Contact your computer vendor and 
ask them to send you a true copy of the Windows 98 operating system that you 
purchased
                       with your system. Oh... and good luck getting them to 
send it.





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>From: "Glen-Skip- Newell" <skipworthy@hotmail.com>
>
>Gang-
>I found it, just as the email describes. It does LOOK suspicious, but it's
>listed as a 44kb application. that's either one hell of a worm or  some 
>kind
>of download.
>
>No, you can't transmit a virus by email alone- but, viri can be encoded 
>into
>java and html commands ( your machine sees them but you can't unless 
>they're
>written that way...) The means are there, and there have been too many 
>major
>security breaches not to take this seriously.
>
>I'm going to make a backup of it just in case, though, so I can reinstall 
>it
>if it turns out to be something important...
>
>Skip
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