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]
