I bought the Norton Anti-virus program and am happy with it so far. Thanks, Jon! In solidarity, Roxanne Jane Livingston wrote: > 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> > > > > > > > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: > ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > > > > > > > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: > <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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