Colext: Engañabobos (SULFNBK.EXE)
SULFNBK.EXE Warning Reported on: April 17, 2001 Last Updated on: May 15, 2001 at 05:28:25 PM PDT Printer-friendly version The following hoax email has been reported in Brazil. The original email is in Portuguese; it is followed by an English translation. CAUTION: This particular email message is a hoax. The file that is mentioned in the hoax, however, Sulfnbk.exe, is a Microsoft Windows utility that is used to restore long file names, and like any .exe file, it can be infected by a virus that targets .exe files.Original Portuguese version:Vocês acreditam que uma amiga da lista enviou um alerta e os procedimentos que deveriam ser tomados para a possível detecção do maledeto SULFNBK.EXE. e eu fui conferir só por desencargo de consciência. Pois é...O bichinho tava lá, escondidinho até da McAfee e do Norton, talvez esperando algum gatilho prá começar a trabalhar, né?Aí vão, moçada, as orientações que eu segui à risca e que me levaram ao tal coisinha ruím:1 - Iniciar/Localizar Pastas. Digite o nome do "mardito": SULFNBK.EXE2 - Se for encontrado, abra o Windows Explorer, vá até a pasta onde ele se encontra alojado e delete-o de lá ou do próprio ambiente do Localizar; - Não click com o botão esquerdo sobre ele e não abra o arquivo nem em caso de incêndio, ok?3 - Apenas delete o bichinho.4 - O meu estava em Windows/Command. 5 - O vírus da pessoa que passou o aviso estava em Windows/Config.Sim, o Norton e nem o McAfee não detectou. Não sabemos se ele faz algum estrago na máquina, mas acho que ninguém aqui vai querer testar para saber, né?Gente, sem brincadeiras, já tirei o meu daquiE nem imaginava que tivesse hóspedes no PC. Minha vacina está super-atualizada!!!Façam o mesmo, ok?
Colext: ENGAÑABOBOS AL DÍA
Colext/Macondo Cantina virtual de los COLombianos en el EXTerior -- Dice PANG: Dave Emery ha puesto al día su lista de ''engañabobos'' y ''chanzas pachunas.'' Aquí va: '' Net hoaxes, urban legends rumors... New Additions Hoax = False, deliberately deceptive information UL = Urban Legend - a popularly believed narrative, typically false Rumor = Anecdotal claims - may be true, false, or in between Junk = Flotsam and jetsam of the Net PLEASE NOTE: You can also locate specific items by typing relevant words into the Search box at the top of any page. Updated 05/23/01 'Giant Cat' Update [Hoax] A mystery partially solved. The creator of the photo seen 'round the world pleads guilty to trying to make his daughter laugh. (Added 05/23/01) Crocodile Eats Golfer [Hoax] Just stopped for a little snack between the fifth and sixth holes... (Added 05/21/01) HIV Needles on Gas Pump Handles (REPOST) [Hoax] Circulating again, one year later. Watch out for that nozzle! (Reposted 05/18/01) Jessica Koopmans: Missing Child [Outdated] This email alert was valid, but the child's body was discovered on May 11. Police say she was murdered. (Added 05/17/01) Blue Packages w/Sponges Containing 'Lethal Substance' [Hoax] A variant of 2000's Klingerman Virus alert. Pay it no heed. (Added 05/16/01) Lou Reed Is Dead [Hoax] Not really, but this email hoax fooled several radio stations into reporting Reed's death as hard news. (Added 05/08/01) The Story of 'Taps' [UL] History and folklore collide in this email tale about the origin of this touching and famous bugle call. (Added 05/08/01) Snowball, the Giant Mutant Cat [Hoax] Photo of an Ontario man showing off his 87-pound housecat born near a nuclear reactor site. (Added 05/07/01) GeoCities Is Closing Down! [Hoax] Yahoo plans on deleting all GeoCities Websites without notice - or so the email rumor goes. (Added 04/30/01) Alaska Airlines Flight 261 [UL] Did a crashing airliner unaccountably remain aloft for nine minutes while a pastor's wife led fellow passengers in prayer? (Added 04/27/01) Gasoline Boycott 2001 [Junk] Chain letter urges recipients to protest high gasoline prices by refusing to patronize Exxon/Mobil service stations. Shades of the Great Gas Out! (Added 04/27/01) Outback Steakhouse Chain Letter (REPOST) [Hoax] Still circulating: Email says that Outback Steakhouse and RH Power, Inc. are offering free food to everyone who forwards the message on. (Reposted 04/19/01) 'Jedi Religion' Census Campaign [Hoax] An email now circulating in Australia and England claims that if enough people enter Jedi as their religion on census forms, it will become an officially recognized faith. (Added 04/17/01) Free Champagne! [Hoax] Forward this message and Veuve Clicquot will send you a free case of French champagne. (Added 04/12/01) U.S. Government to Monitor Employee Email in April [Hoax] It either happened already on April 2 or will continue all month long, depending on which version of the email rumor you read. (Added 04/05/01) Law Firm Memo on Replacing Murdered Secretary [Hoax] Callous memo stipulating schedule changes after an employee's murder turns out to be a prank. (Added 03/29/01) Slavemaster [Rumor] 2001 variant of a year-old rumor based partly on fact about a Net stalker/murderer who called himself Slavemaster. (Added 03/23/01) U.S. Marines Intentionally Dishonored Bill Clinton [Rumor] Is the president's Marine helicopter crew treating G.W. Bush with more respect than it treated Bill Clinton? (Added 03/19/01) Missing Child: Christopher John Mineo Jr. [Rumor] An AOL chain letter that has no basis in fact, so far as we can tell. (Added 03/15/01) Black Heritage Stamps to Be Discontinued [Rumor] This rumor returns year after year, even though the U.S. Postal Service continues to issue new African American Heritage stamps annually. (Added 03/12/01) Darrell Scott's Columbine Testimony [Rumor] TRUE: Darrell Scott, father of a victim of the Columbine shootings, delivered an impassioned speech before Congress which has since been widely distributed by email. (Added 03/07/01) Rat Droppings on Soft Drink Cans (REPOST) [Rumor] This message about a store clerk in Hawaii who supposedly died from being exposed to rat droppings is circulating again. (Reposted 02/26/01) Nike: 'Sweatshop' Not Allowed on Personalized Shoes [Rumor] Nike has confirmed that this email exchange between the company and a customer with an agenda really occurred. (Added 02/21/01) Prayer Request: Missionary David Allen [Junk] This document is almost four years old. David Allen is just fine and no longer needs your prayers for his survival. (Added: 02/15/01) -- To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE COLEXT as the BODY of the message. Un
Colext: EngañaBobos
Colext/Macondo Cantina virtual de los COLombianos en el EXTerior -- Este es el ltimo listado de ''engaabobos'' (hoaxes). Cada vez que les llegue una alarma de esas que sabemos, miren primero esta listica y cercirense de que no los estn tomando del pelo... PANG=== McAfee.com Virus Hoax Listings A Moment Of Silence Hoax A Virtual Card For You Hoax AIDS Hoax All Seeing Eye hoax America Online FlashNews Hoax AOL 83 Minutes AOL Instant Message Hoax AOL RIOT AOL4FREE Hoax or What? Baby New Year Hoax Big Brother hoax Blueman Bud Frogs Screen Saver Hoax BUDDYLST.ZIP Hoax Bugslife Screensaver Hoax California.IBM Cat-Colonic hoax CELCOM Screen Saver Cell Phone Virus Dana hoax Deeyenda Hoax Despite Hoax Disney Hoax Elfbowl Flashmaster G Friends Hoax Frogs and Fishes Hoax Funprog hoax Ghost.exe Hoax Girl Thing hoax Good Times Hoax Great Gas-Out Hoax Guts to Say Jesus Happy New Year Hoax Intel Special Offer Hoax Internet Flower hoax Irina Hoax Join The Crew Hoax JOKE_FLIPPED KALI Lump of Coal Missing Child Hoax Multi-hoax Nokia Screensaver hoax Penpal Hoax Perrin.exe PHANTOM MENACE Hoax Pikachus Ball hoax Pokemon hoax Pool Party email hoax Sandman URL hoax SPARTAN HORSE Hoax UNABLE TO DELIVER hoax Valentine Greeting Hoax WAZUP Hoax Win a Holiday Email Hoax Windows 98 Warning Hoax Wobbler Work Hoax Y2KGame Your friend D@fit Zlatko -- To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with UNSUBSCRIBE COLEXT as the BODY of the message. Un archivo de colext puede encontrarse en: http://www.mail-archive.com/colext@talklist.com/ cortesia de Anibal Monsalve Salazar
