Email Hoaxes
Restoring Sulfnbk.exe      
SULFNBK.EXE is a utility shipped as part of the Windows 98 operating system that allows users to restore long file names - and is now the victim of a bogus virus warning. The hoax message urges users to search their systems for the presence of SULFNBK.EXE and, if found, delete it. Of course, it's a legitimate Win98 operating system file, so anyone running Windows 98 will find it. And many, it seems, have deleted it. Following are the steps to take to restore SULFNBK.EXE from your Windows 98 operating system CD. You will want to have your Windows 98 operating CD in the CD-ROM drive bay. If the program autoruns (launches), just click Exit.
 
Hoax Warnings      
Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning.
 
The hoax that cried virus      
Computer virus hoaxes have been around for nearly as long as the first virus. Just after the 1988 introduction of the infamous Morris Internet worm, the first hoax began circulating. One might even consider hoaxes to be a cottage industry for the virus writers. Indeed, hoaxes, with their ominous warnings or fictitious promises of instant wealth, often seem far more believable to users than do legitimate warnings of actual threats. This in itself is disturbing, as once burned by a hoax many choose to disregard valid alerts as well.
 
Tell-tale signs of a hoax      
The G virus warning is just one of many hoaxes circulating in email. This one threatens to send your password to "every computer system in the world" if you don't forward the warning to 25 other people within 48 hours. Judging from the multiple instances of > at the beginning of each line, the copy I received had obviously been forwarded dozens of times. This begs a perhaps unanswerable question. Why do so many believe these types of email?
 
Toxic Excuses      
A good friend of mine recently sent me an email regarding an alleged missing child, Penny Brown. When told the message was a hoax, she responded in an all too familiar fashion: "I thought it might be, but I sent it just in case." Likewise, I often receive email from readers who became infected after opening an email attachment. Their familiar refrain is, "I knew I probably shouldn't open it, but it came from my cousin/sister/friend."
 
WTC Survivor      
Description: Two variants of this hoax exist. One masquerades as a warning about an alleged dangerous new virus. The second claims to be a photograph taken just moments before planes struck the World Trade Center on 9/11. Example of the virus hoax: Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 2:36 AM
 
How to send and receive e-cards more safely      
E-cards are created the same way Web sites are; they're built on the Internet just like this page. So when you send someone an e-card, you're actually giving them a link to click, which takes them to the online greeting card you created for them.
 
'POSTCARD' Virus Hoax      
Netlore Archive: Hoax email alert warns of 'the worst virus ever' circulating in the form of an attachment labeled 'POSTCARD'
 
Greetings! Someone Has Sent You an E-Card Virus      
Think you got a cheery greeting card from a friend via e-mail? Well, think again, and be careful before opening it. A new form of fake e-card notification e-mails are unleashing nasty viruses and virus-carrying Trojan horses on unsuspecting users.
 
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