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Hoax email goads users into deleting harmless files

News A hoax email warning people that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe -- that will be triggered on 1 June -- seems to be propagating as a result of mass hysteria. The email, which was originally written in Portugese and was reported to...

[May 30, 2001, 17:03]

Net users falling for "AOL virus" joke

News Created as a spoof of the recent sulfnbk.exe hoax, a joke warning people of a virus named AOL.exe has some deleting the Internet program from their computers. The hoax told people that a benign Windows file -- sulfnbk.exe, used to allow long...

[June 11, 2001, 11:51]

Hoax email virus victims seek fix

News The e-mail, which was originally written in Portuguese and is circulating internationally, urges readers to wipe a Microsoft Windows utility called sulfnbk.exe off their hard disks. Computer experts recommend that people who fell for the prank...

[June 1, 2001, 9:55]

Worm sneaks ride with 1 June hoax

News The sulfnbk.exe hoax began at least a month ago and quickly spread around the world as computer users, on heightened alert after a slew of media reports regarding nasty viruses, passed e-mail warnings about the potential threat.

[June 5, 2001, 8:44]

Virus hoax dupes users into destroying files

News A year ago, another hoax targeted the system file "sulfnbk.exe," a Windows component that restores long file names. The fake advisory warns users of the file "jdbgmgr.exe," purportedly a virus that damages a victim's computer system two weeks after...

[May 17, 2002, 8:19]

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Blog Of course, it was the SULFNBK.EXE hoax email. Wednesday A friend of a friend -- really! runs a large mailing list for a professional group. Said FOAF got an email, saying -- as she thought -- that a virus was living on her computer and she should...

[June 1, 2001, 18:13]

IM users hit by widespread 'social hack'

News And in a reversal to the usual form of socially engineered virus, last May a hoax email was passed on by well-meaning people warning recipients that their PCs may contain a virus called sulfnbk.exe. Security experts have warned that a wave of hack...

[March 20, 2002, 12:04]

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