Jennie@ifish
07-23-2001, 07:02 PM
I have been getting this e mail attachment.
Luckily, Norton has picked it up and quarantined it.
DO NOT OPEN any .doc files, even if you know someone.
Here is info regarding it. Please UPDATE your virus definitions.
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**DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS MESSAGE**
***EXCITE@HOME WILL NOT SEE ANY REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE***
Dear Jennie Logsdon Martin,
It appears that you are either reporting receiving an email infected
with the W32.SirCam email worm virus, or your computer is infected with
this virus, and emailed this address.
If you are reporting receiving this virus from an @Home user, we would
like to share some background information with you. This is a new email
worm virus that was just discovered in the 'Wild' on July 17, 2001. The
virus replicates itself though the victim's Outlook or Outlook Express,
sending itself to addresses listed on the victim computer's address book
and other files on the hard drive. Due to the fact that the virus is so
new, many computers do not have sufficient antivirus protection against
it because antivirus data files have not been updated yet. Please note
that it is most likely that the person who sent this email to you did
not send it with malicious intent. They are also, most likely, infected
with the worm virus and it is not being sent to you with their
knowledge. Once antivirus updates start to get distributed on a wider
basis, this virus problem should slowly abate and eventually stop.
Thank you for your report. For more information, see the articles
below:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010720/20/tech-sircamvirus http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45427,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6625286.html
If you do not know why you are receiving this message, i.e. you did not
email to the @Home Abuse Team, it appears that your computer is infected
with the W32.SirCam email worm virus. You should update your antivirus
data files as soon as is possible and clean your computer's hard
drive(s). If you do not have any antivirus software on your computer,
we strongly suggest that you acquire some immediately, install it on
your computer and clean your computer's hard drive. For more
information, see the articles below:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99141
The @Home Network Policy Management Team
Tracking ID #1000
Luckily, Norton has picked it up and quarantined it.
DO NOT OPEN any .doc files, even if you know someone.
Here is info regarding it. Please UPDATE your virus definitions.
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**DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS MESSAGE**
***EXCITE@HOME WILL NOT SEE ANY REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE***
Dear Jennie Logsdon Martin,
It appears that you are either reporting receiving an email infected
with the W32.SirCam email worm virus, or your computer is infected with
this virus, and emailed this address.
If you are reporting receiving this virus from an @Home user, we would
like to share some background information with you. This is a new email
worm virus that was just discovered in the 'Wild' on July 17, 2001. The
virus replicates itself though the victim's Outlook or Outlook Express,
sending itself to addresses listed on the victim computer's address book
and other files on the hard drive. Due to the fact that the virus is so
new, many computers do not have sufficient antivirus protection against
it because antivirus data files have not been updated yet. Please note
that it is most likely that the person who sent this email to you did
not send it with malicious intent. They are also, most likely, infected
with the worm virus and it is not being sent to you with their
knowledge. Once antivirus updates start to get distributed on a wider
basis, this virus problem should slowly abate and eventually stop.
Thank you for your report. For more information, see the articles
below:
http://news.excite.com/news/r/010720/20/tech-sircamvirus http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45427,00.html http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6625286.html
If you do not know why you are receiving this message, i.e. you did not
email to the @Home Abuse Team, it appears that your computer is infected
with the W32.SirCam email worm virus. You should update your antivirus
data files as soon as is possible and clean your computer's hard
drive(s). If you do not have any antivirus software on your computer,
we strongly suggest that you acquire some immediately, install it on
your computer and clean your computer's hard drive. For more
information, see the articles below:
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99141
The @Home Network Policy Management Team
Tracking ID #1000