[MR] Virus warning - NOT a hoax

[Edvard Gayer]

Friends:

This is a for-real virus warning.  I was just emailed a virus-laden 
attachment from bob at prodigy.net.mx with the subject line “Blank – Kingdom of 
Atlantia Rapier Marshal Paperwork”

The attachment contained the W32/SirCam at MM virus, a worm which is documented 
on the Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center (SARC.com) website.  This is a 
new virus, first reported on 7/17/01.  Information on removing this worm can 
be found at:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html

Note, I have received at least TWO emails from "bob", both of them with 
SCA-related information in the subject line.  The body of the email in both 
cases was identical (which is a tip-off):

>Hi! How are you?
>
>I send you this file in order to have your advice
>
>See you later. Thanks

Look VERY carefully at any attachments you may receive, especially if it 
appears to be coming from someone you do not know.  The first email I 
received contained a .doc file which had .com appended to the end (as in 
filename.doc.com), the second was filename.doc.bat.  Both .com and .bat 
files are executables, and receiving a file of either type in an unsolicited 
email should immediately tip you off that something is rotten in Denmark.

Best of luck!

// Vard //

Lord Edvard Gayer, Secretary
L'Academie Atlantienne de la Danse
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/academie.htm

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