Virus-Hoax Advisory
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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 their own
hands," commented Denis Zenkin, Head of Corporate
Communications for Kaspersky Lab.
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