>This appears to be pretty serious, so thought I would send it on esp if >some>of you don't have Norton's & advise against OPENING ANY attachments >for now and no one SENDING any attachments til this is cleared up...also >advise downloading Norton's 2001, even if you open an attch then, at least >its caught and you can quarantine it then go delete it from Nortons and get >rid of it..someone out there always has nothing better to do than be >cruel...and not speaking of the receiver, if you dont have a really good >anti virus program this thing can get ya!!unless ya have Nortons...[glad I >do]...Nena > >Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:11 PM >Subject: SirCam32 Virus Is Running Rampant > >The SirCam32 worm virus has become very wide spread. It comes from many >friendly addresses and picks up a different Subject line each time. The >only constant is that the message text includes the phrase: "I send you >this file to have your advice." This virus has gone right through the >current McAfee and F-Prot virus scanners although Norton 2001 with the >current definitions has been catching it. This virus will go into your >address book and sends itself to your friends and family and you can >receive it from them when they did not intend to send it. This virus has a >payload date of October 14th which is to say, on October 14th it will erase >your harddrive if it still present on your computer on that date. If you >think you may have this virus or are worried about having it, please go to >http://www.symantec.com/downloads. Click on "virus removal tools". Choose the W32.SirCam.Worm@mm. and download the tool to your computer or a floppy disk. After it is downloaded double-click the file and it will check your harddrives and delete the virus if it is present. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp