From: "Hudoyo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:13:06 +0700 Subject: [SP] Awas Virus Hoax (?) [Dari rekan septu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saya menerima peringatan akan suatu laporan palsu tentang virus./hudoyo] Jika anda menerima peringatan antivirus yang memerintahkan anda untuk mencari dan menghapus file SULFNBK.EXE, jangan di lakukan, karena berita itu adalah HOAX alias berita palsu mengenai virus. File SULFNBK.EXE memang ada di Windows dan berguna untuk menangani back up file dengan nama yang panjang (yang lebih panjang dari 8 huruf). Jika file ini dihapus, maka program Windows anda akan tidak berfungsi dengan baik/ sempurna. -- Kaspersky Labs has been receiving many messages from users about a new alarming and dangerous virus hiding in a SULFNBK.EXE file. It is necessary to convince users that this type of virus does not actually exist, and we classify this as a virus hoax. Warnings about the pseudo-virus began spreading towards the end of last week, causing a real scare amongst users. As indicated in the message's text concerning the "virus," it contains a SULFNBK.EXE file that is programmed to activate the destructive payload on June 1. As is typical when a virus hoax is making the rounds, it is reported that not one anti-virus program is able to detect this "virus"; therefore, the only means of ridding a computer of this threat is to erase the SULFNBK.EXE virus-carrying file. Contrary to this report, the SULFNBK.EXE file is absolutely safe, and moreover is a part of the operating system included in the Windows delivery. The program is a Windows application used for backup files with long file names. By deleting this file, a user causes a change in the system function as a whole, causing several operations on the computer to be rendered inoperable. In addition to this, as reported by SecurityPortal.com - the popular information center for problems regarding information safety - its experts have been able to receive the original SULFNBK.EXE file and establish the reason for this hoax appearance. It turned out that this file on the user's computer, who initiated the hoax, was really infected with the Magistr virus, currently found in the virus list of the most widespread viruses. "What we see now is the sincere wishes of users to warn their friends and colleagues about the possibility of a dangerous virus. However, this event confirms the famous saying, 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions.' The attempt to warn the world about an actual dangerous virus could cause other users to trigger a computer failure with his own hands," commented Denis Zenkin, Head of Corporate Communications for Kaspersky Labs. Source : http://www.kaspersky.com/news..asp?tnews=0 <http://www.kaspersky.com/news.asp?tnews=0&nview=1&id=190&page=0> & amp;nview=1&id=190&page=0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulai langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive ada di http://www.mail-archive.com/envorum@ypb.or.id
