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Don't Believe Everything You Read

Virus hoax leads users astray

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ERROR: Random File Unopenable

ERROR: Random File Unopenable

The random file, as specified in the $random_file perl variable was unopenable.

The file was not found on your file system. This means that it has either not been created or the path you have specified in $trrandom_file is incorrect.

Email Virus Tries to Get You To Delete An Important File

by Dave Murphy
ISSN 1535-3613

Dave Murphy, ITrain founder A fake virus warning is making its way around the net. The warning urges recipients to manually delete the infected sulfnbk.exe file from their system. The problem is, the file isn't infected by a virus!

The file is necessary to restore long filenames.

The message begins, "FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, I HAD IT!!!!!...."
"I received this message from a friend and today it is true. I searched for the file following the next instruction and I found it, I had it without knowing," the warning continues, providing instructions for finding and deleting the file.

If you've deleted the sulfnbk.exe file, follow these instructions to restore it:

For Windows ME

  1. Click START - RUN, type MSCONFIG and hit ENTER
  2. Click the Extract Files button
  3. In the "Specify the system file you would like to restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SULFNBK.EXE and hit ENTER
  4. In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your WINDOWS CAB files (ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\INSTALL)
  5. Click OK and continue with the restore function

For Windows 98

  1. Click START - RUN, type SFC and hit ENTER
  2. In the "Specify the system file you would like to restore" field, type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SULFNBK.EXE and hit ENTER
  3. In the RESTORE FROM field, type in the path to your WINDOWS CAB files (ie. C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS or D:\WIN98 where D is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM)
  4. Click OK and continue with the restore function

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