Folks, Further to Mike Shaw's warning re a virus. He is correct, and it is very easy to get caught with this one, known by the cognoscenti as "SirCam". The version sent to me had as the subject, material that I would be interested in. The text was verbatim as Mike described it. Fortunately I was warned of it (over the phone) before I opened the attachment.
Part of the problem with many warnings of viruses, they are hoaxes. So we all end up emailing large numbers of people with dire warnings of a non-existent virus. However, this one is for real. For all the good information, see the stuff below. My son who works for IT security at IBM found it for me.See the stuff below. It is actually fairly easy to clean off. The site below lists a number of the hoaxes as well. Check out background here: http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2776123,00.html Follow steps at this link: http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2776123-2,00.html Removal tool at this link: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] tml Finally, book mark www.zdnet.com (US not Australian version as most virus hit the US first - gee, I wonder why ??). With any virus alerts, go to their security section and you'll find the info in minutes. I found the removal tool from this site. Cheers, John "Far better an approximate answer to the right question which may be difficult to frame, than an exact answer to the wrong question which is always easy to ask" John W Tukey, statistician ----- Original Message ----- From: The Shaws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sundial, List <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:38 AM Subject: Virus warning > We think we have been the victim of the latest e-mail virus. > So, if you get an e-mail from us (or anyone else for that matter) which says > something like: > > "Hello, > I send this to you to ask for your advice" > > then delete the e-mail without opening the attachment. > > > The Shaws > >
