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Re: HOAX FW: warning:you may have a virus in your computer
- From: Per Klevnäs <pok20@DELETETHIScam.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: HOAX FW: warning:you may have a virus in your computer
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:14:28 -0000
In support of Eric's warning, I have pasted
restoration instructions below for those of you who did indeed delete the
file.
Per Klevnäs
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Description of Sulfnbk.exe and How to
Replace the Program File (Q301316)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
SUMMARY
This article describes the Sulfnbk.exe
utility and how to restore it if it is deleted.
MORE INFORMATION
Sulfnbk.exe is a Windows utility that is used
to restore long file names. This utility is not required to run Windows, but it
is necessary if you need to restore long files names if they become damaged or
corrupted.
If this utility is removed, you can restore it by following
the steps in the appropriate section of this article.
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
To extract files in Windows Me, use
the System Configuration utility:
- Click Start , and then click Run .
- Type msconfig , and then press ENTER.
- Click Extract Files . The Extract one file
from installation disk dialog box is displayed.
- In the Specify the system file you would
like to restore box, type drive :\windows\command\sulfnbk.exe (where drive is
the drive on which the Windows folder is installed, usually drive C), and then
click Start . The Extract File dialog box is displayed.
- Click Browse , and then browse to the
location of the Windows installation files. If the installation files were
copied to the hard disk, this location is C:\Windows\Options\Install by
default. You can also insert the Windows Me installation CD-ROM in the CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM drive, and then browse to that location
- Click OK , and then follow the
instructions.
Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition
To extract files in Windows 98 or
Windows 98 Second Edition, use the System File Checker tool:
- Click Start , and then click Run .
- Type sfc , and then press ENTER.
- Click Extract one file from installation
disk .
- In the Specify the system file you would
like to restore box, type drive :\windows\command\sulfnbk.exe (where drive is
the drive on which the Windows folder is installed, usually drive C), and then
click Start . The Extract File dialog box is displayed.
- Next to the Restore from box, click Browse
, and then browse to the location of the Windows installation files. If the
installation files were copied to the hard disk, this location is
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs by default. You can also insert the Windows
installation CD-ROM in the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive and browse to that
location.
- Click OK , and then follow the
instructions.
Windows 95
To extract files in Windows 95, use the extract
command. You can also use the extract command to extract files from Windows 98
or Windows Me if necessary.
- Click Start , point to Find or Search ,
and then click Files or Folders .
- In the Look in box, click drive C. Click
to select the Include subfolders check box.
- In the Named or Search for box, type
precopy1 .
- Click Find Now or Search Now . If the
Precopy1 file does not exist on the hard disk, insert the Windows installation
CD-ROM and repeat the search on the CD-ROM drive.
- When you find the Precopy1 file, note the
location of the file (for example, C:\Windows\Options\Cabs). This is your
source path.
- Click Start , and then click Run .
- The general form of the extract command
is:
extract source path
\precopy1.cab sulfnbk.exe /L c:\windows\command
For example, if the source path is
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs, the extract command is
extract drive
:\windows\options\cabs\precopy1.cab sulfnbk.exe /L drive :\windows\command
where drive is the drive
on which Windows is installed (typically drive C).
Type the following
command, making the appropriate substitutions as previously noted:
extract source path
\precopy1.cab sulfnbk.exe /L c:\windows\command
- Click OK .
For additional information about extracting files in
Windows, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q129605
How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
For additional information about long file names,
click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q142982
How Windows Generates 8.3 File Names from Long File Names
For information about the
virus hoax regarding this file, see the following Symantec Web site:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html
The third-party contact
information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical
support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice.
Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact
information.
Published |
Jun 8 2001 10:28AM |
Issue Type |
kbhowto |
Last Modifed |
Jul 5 2001 12:27PM |
Additional Query Words |
name removed replaced > WMEHEMJUN
w98hemjun w98hemjul wmehemjul |
Keywords |
win98 kbWinME kbWin95
kbWin98 kbWin98SE |
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:23
AM
Subject: Re: HOAX FW: warning:you may have
a virus in your computer
Do NOT follow the instructions below - it is a HOAX
which
gets you to delete part of your system programme.
Eric
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:36:38 +0300 Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar
<gaz@uruklink.net>
wrote:
>
>
> HI all please read this warning
as fast as you could
>
>
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: h.alrawi [mailto:h.alrawi@uruklink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 1:05 AM
> To: ali
hassan
> Cc: D.MAZIN; ahmed; Yasser AL-Rawi; wissam dawaf; Samar AL-Rawi;
Salam
> AL-Rawi; RESCO; Osama Al_Rawi; Nawfal AL-Rawi; Nagham
AL-Jelibi;
> Mohammed AL-abbasi; Luca BRUNO; kaisobaidi; hasnaa alkhafaf;
Guy Gerro;
> Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar; Francois OUF; firas shuga3; Farah
Othman
> Subject: Fw: warning:you may have a virus in your
computer
> Importance: High
>
>
>
> -----
Original Message -----
> From: Nawfal <mailto:n.shujaa@uruklink.net>
> To: Saeb khairo <mailto:saabkero@uruklink.net> ; h.alrawi
> <mailto:h.alrawi@uruklink.net> ; Firas Adnan
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>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:22 PM
>
Subject: Fw: warning:you may have a virus in your computer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alamood
<mailto:alamood@uruklink.net>
> To: nawfal al rawi <mailto:n.shujaa@uruklink.net> ; Nofa
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> <mailto:paris@embassyiraq.com> Amash ; Ramesh Gajra
> <mailto:elvgajra@bom3.vsnl.net.in>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:03 PM
>
Subject: Fw: warning:you may have a virus in your computer
>
> Take
this message and do as it say it is real!!!!!!
>
> Faris
Al-Amood.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: al.saab
<mailto:al.saab@uruklink.net>
> To: wasan rassam <mailto:wasanjameel@hotmail.com> ; SAAD JAMILL
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> Cc: alkima@uruklink.net
>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:07 AM
> Subject: warning:you may have
a virus in your computer
>
> Dear All,
>
> I
have received this message today warning me that an ugly virus may be
> in
my computer. The person who sent it said their PC was infected.
>
> I made a search and found the virus and have destroyed
it. The bad news
> is that your probably have it, as you are in
"MY"address book and this
> is how it is transferred. This virus
lies dormant for 14 days and then
> kills your hard drive.
>
> By following the instructions below I was able to delete the
virus. If
> you find the virus, you need to send a similar e-mail to
everyone in
> your address book.
>
> The Virus can be
removed by following these steps;
>
> 1. Go to "Start"
button. Then to "Find" or "Search".
>
> 2. In the
"Search for files or folders" type - sulfnbk.exe - "this is
> the name of
the virus".
>
> 3. In the "Look In" section, make sure you
are searching the C Drive.
>
> 4. Hit "Search" or
"Find"
>
> 5. You are looking for an ugly blackish icon that
will have the name -
> sulfnbk.exe. "DO NOT OPEN IT"!
>
> 6. Highlight the file - go to "Delete".
>
> 7.
Send the file to the Recycling Bin.
>
> 8. Delete it
again from your Recycle Bin or empty the entire bin.
>
> 9.
If you found this virus on your system, send this message to all
> your
address book because this is how it is transferred.
>
> 10. If it
does not show up on your first "Search" try a "New Search".
>
> I'm
sorry for the trouble and our apologies for having unwittingly
>
"infected" you, should it have been passed on to you.
>
> Kind
regards
>
> Mohammed
AL-SAAB
----------------------
Dr. Eric Herring
Department of
Politics
University of Bristol
10 Priory Road
Bristol BS8
1TU
England, UK
Office tel. +44-(0)117-928-8582
Mobile tel.
+44-(0)7771-966608
Fax +44-(0)117-973-2133
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Politics
eric.herring@bristol.ac.uk
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