Guest ZeroXcape Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 Just got back from my mini-vacation to find my mail box stuffed with over 650 e-mails. Sure enough, several people sending me the virus I've seen on either these forums or another LucasGames forum. Check out the following information for quick info: <a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=9637">Ain't It Cool Info</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45476.00.html">Wired Info</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 Now you tell me. I got it, but it aint that deadly. Wouldnt let me open any applications. No prob though, easy enough to get rid of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 Ok i thought i had got ridden of it anyway. I downloaded that thing in the end. The funny thing is.....i got two of the viruses in one night. lol. THANKS FOR THE INFO ZeroXcape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 Yeah, I read about it. Thanks for the heads-up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 The deal is is that infected people are sending files from their "My Documents" folder to others from their address books. I've gotten at least four emails with the virus attached (hugely obvious). Norton AntiVirus swiftly removed each and every one and purged it from my system. Another reason not to bother using Outlook.. Kurgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD_ToRMeNt Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 That's why I use linux, it's almost immune to virii because 1) most virii are written for winhoes 2) A virus can't really do anything because it can't get root permissions anway. I don't use outlook anymore, I swear it crashes half the time I even try it. I use Kmail in linux, I like it better anway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreTZeL Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 OR dont use an address book i never do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZeroXcape Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 We all use Linux over Windows... unfortunatly until we get more info on the JKII Linux release, I can't drop windows from the HDD just yet As for the virii, I was never infected - but I'm now getting something like 50 e-mails an hour from this thing. READ THIS: <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6660198.html?tag=lh">INFORMATION</a> and if you think you have it, use <a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.removal.tool.html">THIS FILE</a> to get rid of it. It's more of an annoyance than anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 Oddly enough, I'm still getting copies of this virus sent to me, though it has really slowed down.. I was getting a ton of them (though not as many as Z). Kurgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 The other night I was away from MSN for about half an hour....looked back and i had 2800 emails!!!! Took ages to delete them and all they held was rubbish. I blocked them and so far i havent had anymore. Really annoying though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZeroXcape Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 I stopped getting them for a while, but it looks like they are back again :| Most of my current spam is coming from spanish speaking languages though, but hopefully it will die out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 What gets me is that the people I'm getting it from I've never talked to before. I thought that the virus just sent stuff that was in your address book.. unless I have thousands of admirers. Or is it simply able to scan for email addresses? I mean I could tell if it was being sent to mailing lists I was on, or could I? Dang annoying... Kurgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted September 4, 2001 Share Posted September 4, 2001 The virus scans documents for '@' I believe. Then it parses it and uses the string as an email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man1587246496 Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 I got about 5 or 6 e-mails containing the virus. Luckily I had already heard of it beforehand. Still, I'm not stupid enough to open a file in an e-mail, containing double extensions. I think not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 Yeah, I hear you there. It's not that I am fooled by them, it's just that I KEEP GETTING THEM, it's annoying. ; p Kurgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 What email client do you use? Some clients can be configured to auto delete stuff after finding a specific string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 Oh, you mean like a content filter? My program has filtering, just that I wouldn't know what string to block in this case... Kurgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rogue15 Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 my parents cpu has the sircam virus. my mom uses outlook...hope it doesn't get through the router to my computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 www.sarc.com sircam info message details The message body will be semi-random, but will always contain one of the following two lines (either English or Spanish) as the first and last sentences of the message. --------------------------------------------- Spanish Version: First line: Hola como estas ? Last line: Nos vemos pronto, gracias. English Version: First line: Hi! How are you? Last line: See you later. Thanks Between these two sentences, some of the following text may appear: Spanish Version: Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista Espero me puedas ayudar con el archivo que te mando Espero te guste este archivo que te mando Este es el archivo con la informaci=n que me pediste English Version: 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 --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Put each of these in your filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 here is a quick way to see your potential for getting the SirCam virus. Run your email through a search engine. If it's on a often visited site, you'll probably expect an email from infected visitors. You're email is probably plastered around the web. However, ZeroXcape has you easily beaten. A quick search for 'zeroxcape@' revealed 206 matches. Me thinks you see a lot of sircam, zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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