How to Repair Damage from a Hoax

Restoring Sulfnbk.exe
This article is being posted to counter the hundreds of emails we received yesterday regarding a virus many of you were sure you found on your computers.

The hoax email which was forwarded with good intention by many of you included this message:

After you have deleted the virus (windows file)

“The GOOD NEWS is you should now be safe.”
“The BAD NEWS is that if you detect the virus, you in turn need to contact everyone you have sent ANY e-mail to in the past few months, and share this warning with them.”

In reality, the GOOD NEWS is that this was a hoax.
The BAD NEWS is that some of you did delete the file and told your friends and family to do so as well.

So what do you do now?
Sit back and smile. You have witnessed the power of the internet and you have been duped. There is a lesson here, learn from it and be thankful you did not delete a critical file.

Here is a great article on repairing the file and the virus hoax… About: Restoring Sulfnbk.exe
And for some more technical info… Symantec: SULFNBK.EXE Warning