Norton has saved me twice this week alone. There seems to be a plethora of
viruses out there just now!
But I just got an e-mail today that said "I send you this in order to get
your advice" and Norton raised no objection to it. Those are the words that
supposedly come with one of these current hot viruses. The attachments were
an ATT file and a text file. But the wording was not how the friend it was
from would have asked the question. I deleted the whole thing (and deleted
it from the deleted items) and replied that if it was a legitimate request
he would need to send me more info before I would open it.
I hope these virus lovers don't ruin e-mail as a means of communication!
It's so handy. And I'd hate for only the corporations to be able to afford
to use it safely.
-cynthia
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 2:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Nasty new virus - Sircom
<< File: vcard.vcf >> 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>
> >
> >
> >
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