RE: SirCam Virus.......
I don't think it comes thru the list. If I remember correctly, if
someone opens it, it sends the virus/file to people in that person's
address book. All you have to do is delete the attachment--don't open
it, DELETE it!
I received an e-mail earlier today from someone I didn't recognize and
it was only a 3 or 4 liner message, but it had an attachment that was a
zip.pif type file. In Windows, a piffile is a Program Information File.
In MS Outlook, I used a right click on the message, went to OPTIONS, and
the routing of the message was displayed. It was sent thru air(something
or other).net, don't remember exactly now, since I deleted it.
The message usually ends with something like "See you later. Thanks."
Here's more info from the newsgroups as well as a link to a fix:
> This virus is known as the W32.SirCam virus. Do not open the
> attachment, which will delete your files and send itself to everyone
> in your address book. The subject of each message this worm sends
> will be different. It spreads very rapidly. Therefore, if you
> receive an e-mail message which says:
>
> First line: "Hi! How are you?"
> Last line: "See you later. Thanks."
>
> Between those two lines you may see one of the following lines:
>
> "I send you this file in order to have your advice."
> "I hope you can help me with this file I send."
> "I hope you like the file that I send you."
> "This is the file with the information that you asked for."
>
> delete it immediately without opening. Most important, keep your AV
> files absolutely up-to-date.
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AND:
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>> http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa071801a.htm
>>
>> There is a (free) fix available at:
>>
>> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/FixSirc.com
>>
>> While the instructions don't mention this, it's a good idea to make
>> sure you've closed down all unnecessary programs, some of which are
>> running in the background, before you activate this fix. Use the
>> CTRL>ALT>DELETE function to bring up the "Close Programs" window and
>> close everything except "explorer" and "systray."
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
Behalf Of Debra Rieman
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:23 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: SirCam Virus.......
don't confuse who sent the virus infected message to the list with me
debra rieman (my now married name sundstrom) thanks deb
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