I got a copy of a file named #16 from a 'John Opdyke' (sp?) that jammed on
download so I went in to mailstart and saw it was 239Kb so I deleted it. The
message started and ended pretty much (exactly) as describe in Woody's, so I
was suspicious. I had bought a new version of Norton AntiVirus Weds. but
didn't finish installing LiveUpdate because it's been so long since I
cleaned up my act and I didn't want to wait a half-hour or so for the
program to finish. Whew, I hope this was just a close encounter. Now I am
going to update my Norton program. Thanks for the info!!!!!
Jane Liv.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [folkschool-list] Nasty new virus - Sircom
>HI all-
>
>This is a real virus alert, not a hoax. A new virus, "Sircam" is
>propagating through the Internet. It has the potential to do real damage
>to your file system. I've received 2 copies of it in the last two days,
>which were intercepted by my antivirus software. (Make sure you have a
>good antivirus program, it is correctly configured, and your virus
>definitions are up-to-date.) The following information is from the "Woody's
>Office Tips" newsletter.
>
> *************************
>
>FROM WOODY'S OFFICE TIPS:
>To subscribe: : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>"Sircam (full name W32.Sircam.Worm@mm) arrives either via
>email or it copied to shared network drives. The email
>contains a subject line including a file name from the
>sending computer. The subject and message body can be in
>English or Spanish. In English the message body will
>always start with "Hi! How are you?" and end with "See you
>later. Thanks."
>If you run the file attached to the email message the virus
>will spread via email in various ways and also copy itself
>to other computers on your network. In this latter way you
>can be infected even if you are good about checking /
>ignoring email attachments.
>The virus can also delete files on your computer, fill the
>hard drive to capacity and compromise your privacy (by
>sending a random file from your computer out to email
>recipients.
>You should update your anti-virus software then do a full
>scan of your hard drives and any network shared drives. If
>the virus is detected the AV software should remove it but
>you should also empty the Recycle bin and make sure your
>Autoexec.bat file hasn't been tampered with.
>For full details on Sircam and removing it check out ZDnet
>http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/hud0007500a/www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/
0,5594,2776123,00.html
>
>or Symantec
>http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> *************************
>
>Jon Falk
>
>Jonathan Falk
>Pine Tree Folk School
>RR 2, Box 7162
>Carmel, ME 04419
>(207)848-2433
><http://www.ptfolkschool.org>
>
>
>
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