New Age Plague Rats Date Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 12:09 PM PST Topic Internet I just wanted to warn everybody that doesn't already know, there is a new virus going around called SirCam, it's a real nasty one. I won't go into specifics here but I'll tell you what it does, and how you get it. If you recieve an E-mail that says: Hi! How are you? 'I send you this file in order to have your advice' or something like that, and it has a file attached to it, delete it right away and then block the sender. You will recieve the letter several times, so unless you want your inbox to fill up, blocking it is a good idea. The virus will send it's self out to every address saved on your computer, and attach a file to it that is stored in you "My Documents" folder. So if you had a file in there you don't want anybody to see, then you're out of luck. It loads up the file with the virus and sends it out. It also has another payload, on October 16 it will do one of two things, either delete your C: drive or fill it up with mindless text. Either way, it does bad things. If you've downloaded one of those files, or even recieved the email, It'd be a good idea to update your Anti Virus software, and download the virus fix from Symantec http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html Just giving out a warning here. Be careful, I've gotten about 30 of the letters myself and someone in my family even downloaded it, so even if you're carefull, somebody else might not be. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=101