I agree Peter....I have XP on my beta machine and I hardly ever even boot it
up.....I'm a diehard 2k fan myself....I feel the same way about
Windows.....I definitely prefer 2k over XP
so......the nasty fixed it, eh? now there's a new cure for sure...LOL
I've been getting the nasty a lot myself for the past two days.....when will
it end?
anyone who doesn't know about the nasty....here's the word from Shorty:
VIRUS WARNING ISSUED BY SHORTY ON: 22 July, 2001
VIRUS WARNING UPDATED BY SHORTY ON:
This is a VIRUS WARNING from Shorty!
For subscribe and unsubscribe information see the bottom of this E-mail.
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VIRUS INFO
Well, guess what happened this weekend, I go camping and I find 15 infected
e-mails on my computer upon my return, this one seems to be spreading fast
so be careful of it. It has a resemblance to the MAGISTR warning that I
sent out previously.
Basically this Mass-mailing Virus/Worm takes files from your computer
attaches itself and mails itself out to e-mail addresses found in the
Windows Address book as well as e-mail addresses found in the temporary
internet cache. This is the way that the worm spreads. The payload of the
virus is set to trigger on the 16th October and attempts to delete files.
The virus also tries to degrade system performance by using up the remaining
free space on the hard disk by adding text to the file
c:/recycled/sircam.sys on every system start-up.
The virus/worm arrives in an infected e-mail as depicted below, it may be in
either Spanish or English. The english version is what I have depicted
below, and the spanish is similar:
SUBJECT:
- Taken from a filename on the infected computer, the attachment
will have the same name.
BODY:
Hi! How are you?
One of the following lines
- I send you this file in order to have your advice
- I hope you can help me with this file that I send
- I hope you like the file that I sendo you
- This is the file with the information that you ask for
See you later. Thanks
ATTACHMENT:
- Random file selected from infected computer, same as subject line.
Again, this one seems to be spreading quite quickly, so beware.
For more information or removal instructions for this virus/worm please
visit the anti-virus sites below.
__________________________________________
The preceding information was carefully researched by Shorty using the
following references:
F-Secure:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/v-descs/sircam.shtml
McAfee:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99141
Sophos:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32sircama.html
Symantec:
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
__________________________________________
Many thanks in advance for the above named references for allowing me to
post links to their informative sites.
__________________________________________
To learn more about Shorty's Anti-Virus List, go to:
http://www.mts.net/~cpurll/AntiVirus.html
Linda
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Peter Kaulback
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: PCWorks: Outlook2k strips message bodies
In the wee hour of 06:14 PM 7/23/01 -0400, Linda Johnson bequeathed such
tales as these:
>are you by any chance using IE6 Peter?
>
>If so, that's the cause......I can post the fix if this is the case
No, I thought of that and then earlier this evening I got 3 hits from the
latest nasty and it's running like a charm. Go figure! I discovered one
of my IT mags included a 30 day trial of Office XP Pro, tried it out for
about 5 minutes and didn't need the new colors or the smart tags so I'm
back on 2k.
Peter Kaulback
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