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Re: RAT virus alert is a hoax
The symantec anti-virus page has a pretty good description of the hoax,
including the original Portugese message.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
Note that they say that there *is* a virus/worm that can arrive with that
particular filename.
Cheers,
Cat
On Thu, 31 May 2001 10:55:17 -0400 "D.D. Delaney" <namewon@whro.net>
writes:
> Hey, Rats!
>
> I started all this when I sent the message I got from another
> gullible guy,
> a chiropractor and acupuncturist, and when I followed directions I
> found the
> offending SULFNBK.EXE exactly where they said it would be. Against
> the still
> small voice within--don't ask my why, goddamnit--I deleted the
> fucker, wiped
> it out. Then, I sent the message on to everyone I'd e-mailed in the
> past few
> months. Shit. Try me at Neurenberg, I was just following orders.
>
> BUT--when the good news came about it being a hoax and all, and I'd
> sent
> that on to everyone on my list again, I tried to restore ol'
> SULFNBK.EXE
> from my Windows 98 back-up CD, and guess what? It isn't on there.
> Doesn't
> exist. So either this is a fine example of the new economy selling
> computers
> so fast it doesn't match back-ups with what's installed on the
> machines...OR...it's not a hoax...OR...it's a brilliant hoax.
> Whatever, it
> seems I will live without SULFNBK.EXE for the duration. Sort of like
> losing
> a tooth, I guess. Doesn't stop you from eating, really. You just
> chew around
> the gap.
>
> D.D. Delaney
>
>
>
>
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