I am forwarding this to you from our technology department. This is not a hoax and we pay these poeple a fortune to keep us virus free. Bless you all! Kelly (yes I am a redhead) > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenkens, Jim A. > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 12:29 PM > To: @All J&G Personnel > Subject: VIRUS INFO: SirCam Virus > Importance: High > > A new virus was discovered this Tuesday which has started to pick up speed > in the last 24 hours. It is dubbed the SirCam virus and this information > is being distributed to you because it will have more of an impact on > uninformed people and their home computers then it will in the corporate > world. The SirCam virus spreads via e-mail, will probably come from > someone you know, and will have a seemingly normal file attached to it, > but with a double-extension filename (e.g. proposal.doc.com). > > THIS VIRUS WILL FOOL ALOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE.. the file that is attached > will be randomly selected from the infected person's "My Documents" > folder. The subject line of the e-mail will match the name of the file it > chose to attach from the infected person's computer. The attached file > will contain a copy of the virus and a list of documents contained in the > infected computer's "My Documents" folder. And most importantly (for > quick identification purposes), it will have a double-extension filename. > > > For example: If the person who was infected has a document named "my > medical history.doc" in their My Documents folder, the SirCam virus could > send out a message that: > * appears to have come from them (but they aren't aware this happens) > * is addressed directly to you > * has a subject of "My Medical History" > * has a file attached called "my medical history.doc.com", or "my > medical history.doc.pif" (there are several variations of what the second > extension can be - .com, .pif, .exe, .bat, .lnk) > * and has a message in the e-mail body that may resemble this (there > are many different messages and some are in Spanish) > Hi! How are you? This is the file with the information that you ask > for. See you later. Thanks > > J&G's anti-virus defenses are running great and we are currently filtering > out any instances of the virus that come in through our jenkens.com e-mail > gateway. If you receive(d) an e-mail message which looks similar to the > description above, please delete it. It is the empty "shell" and message > body of an e-mail which has already had the virus stripped out of it. More > information on this virus can be found at: > http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99141 > > PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OUTSIDE/PERSONAL MAIL ACCOUNTS FROM WITHIN J&G'S > NETWORK!! > > Any e-mail which a J&G employee receives at the firm should come through > their jenkens.com e-mail address. Why? By receiving messages through your > jenkens.com e-mail instead of a personal account, we can use our entire > arsenal of anti-virus countermeasures to prevent virus intrusion into our > network. Please help us keep our defenses at their peak by not accessing > personal e-mail accounts and by all means, contact your local technical > support staff or myself immediately if are ever in doubt about the > validity or integrity of an e-mail message or file attachment. > > If you have any questions, please contact your local technical support or > myself @ #4647. > > Thanks, Jim > > > > - JENKENS & GILCHRIST E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - This transmission may be: (1) subject to the Attorney-Client Privilege, (2) an attorney work product, or (3) strictly confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you may not disclose, print, copy or disseminate this information. If you have received this in error, please reply and notify the sender (only) and delete the message. Unauthorized interception of this e-mail is a violation of federal criminal law. _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
