Re: VIRUS WARNING

[Bill London <london@moscow.com>]

WSU released this virus warning today.....heavy infections at College of Education
there...BL


>
> >It has recently come to our attention that a number of computers in the
> >College
> >of Education have become infected with the Sircam virus.  This virus comes as
> >an e-mail attachment with a message that reads as follows:
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Subject:
> >The subject of the e-mail will be random and will be the same as the
> >file name of the attachment in the e-mail.
> >
> >Message:
> >The message body will be semi-random, but will always contain one of
> >the following two lines as the first and last sentences of the message:
> >
> >      First line:  Hi! How are you?
> >      Last line: See you later.  Thanks.
> >
> >Message body:
> >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 send to you
> >This is the file with the information that you ask for
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >If you receive a message with this format, do NOT attempt to open the
> >attached file.  The attachment and e-mail should be deleted immediately.
> >This virus will send itself out from your machine to all addresses in your
> >e-mail address books, as well as sending out copies of random documents
> >that it finds on your hard drive.
> >
> >Please check that the virus definitions on your Norton Antivirus software
> >are up to date and that your computer has been scanned recently for
> >viruses.  If you do not know how to do this, please place a request on the
> >Trouble Report Queue and a member of the Information Systems Unit
> >will be in contact with you as soon as possible.  We are working hard to
> >contain this virus and appreciate your patience.