Oh, my gosh!! I wrote back to the person! I didn't know it was a virus, but I was wary....so I wrote back and said, "Who are you?" ha ha! I'm glad I didn't open it.

Many thanks to Bjorn. <BR>My computer is now ready to "destroy" Sircam! <BR> <BR>The information contained on the indicated site did help the Helpdesk engineer to solve the problem. <BR> <BR>As a matter of fact, it seems that all anti-virus sites have the latest information related to Sircam (Norton, FSecure, etc...).

If you have been infected, you can download the fix from Norton: <BR> <BR>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...oval.tool.html <BR> <BR>Hope this helps.

Will ever people learn to use a proper news reader instead of MickeSoft's Outlook? <BR> <BR>Marco

Sorry, brain slip, make it 'a proper mail reader', as it should obviously have been... <BR> <BR>Marco

I received one that come from florence airport ( because I had to ask some questions a few months ago ) and it was the same thing that you all mentioned but in italian. <BR>I´in Lisbon.

Emily, THANK YOU. <BR>Your advice was very easy to understand and to perform. <BR>Now my machine is clean again, after "your" fix spotted and fixed 4 files. <BR>I certainly got a lesson. <BR>Again, thanks. <BR>Bjorn, Oslo

I got it at home and at work. Unfortunatley,I don't know how to correct it at home. Work had a comp department that got rid of it. <BR> <BR>FYI, it looks like it is a real message coming from someone you know. Both times it was sent to me from a person that I had corresponded with...Be careful. <BR> <BR>So how do I fix my computor at home???

To: Try this at home <BR>Thank you very much! I just did and found several infected files. <BR> <BR>If you are still looking at this, could I impose to ask one more question? <BR>The program asked me if I wanted to delete the files. Yet, when I looked at My Documents, the page was still there. Any thoughts on why this is so. <BR>And, by opening it, did I reactivate the bug? Aargh! I wanted to print this, (it is a financial document I needed!). <BR> <BR>I have been trying to download through Symantec since yesterday, starting again today at 4:30 a.m. I really appreciate your help! <BR>BIG :) BIG Thanks! <BR>Gloria

Wow. <BR>Once again the computer has won. <BR>Still I believe this is a trevel channel. <BR>Bjorn, Oslo

To Bjork and to Gloria. <BR>Bjork. I´m sorry to disturb you. <BR>Gloria. I´m not sure if everything is ok, but if you run fix_sircam I think everything is more safer than it was. <BR>This virus is "mutant" but I suppose you can open the file , but for safety reasons unplugg the network cable before you operate any document. <BR>If anything goes wrong it´s than easier to mannualyy remove the "beast" <BR>

This is just in case one of you experts can help. <BR>I recently sent an e-mail to a trusted friend. I got a reply saying "look at this attachment" and quoted my original e-mail message. I opened it! McAfee then informed me that it contained a virus and asked if I wanted to remove(delete) it. I answered yes. McAfee removed it. This virus was apparently in my friends computer unknown to her. <BR>Since this happened I recieve repetetive messages at start-up. One says "Cannot find file INETD.EXE(or one of its components) specified in WIN.INI File". It recommends I correct this. How? I also recieve an error message from Safe and sound that asks if I wish to correct it. When I say yes, the screen just freezes. I get 5 of these messages at start-up that I have to go through every time I boot my computer. Its very aggrevating. <BR>Any suggestions? <BR>Viruses are no fun. Be careful.

I received a couple yesterday on my work address, but none so far on my hotmail account. <BR> <BR>In the last ten minutes, I've gotten three on the work account--all from the same name, but with different subject lines. The good news is that we have excellent fire walls and at the same time the post comes up a post from Norton comes up as well, telling me it has found the virus in the previous e-mail and deleted the attachment. <BR>My NT administrator saidi the addresses are pulled randomly, then the subject lines are pulled randomly, which explains why some are getting them on hotmail and some of us aren't AND why some names are coming through repeatedly with different subject captions. <BR>My point: Usually these go away after a day or so, but mine are coming more frequently. <BR>If an e-mail comes in from a name you don't recognize and it has an attachment, assume the worst. Better to miss a friendly e-mail than to expose your system to a virus. <BR>Beware--it's a bad one!

To: Try this at home Everything is clear here, thanks to you! I did eventually download the symantec method as well and was told that finally no virus was present. In the meantime, over the previous 48 hours, several of my confidential business documents were sent to email addresses that were totally foreign to me. I learned that the virus will select email addresses at random and send various things from your hard drive out. This is a scary virus, and one of many. <BR> <BR>If only these talented individuals would use their abilities to create ways for us to travel less expensively and with greater frequency! <BR> <BR>Thank you for all your kindnesses! <BR>Big :) <BR>Gloria

In the last few hours on my hotmail I got a n asking for my advice by a STEVEN BUCK. Idid not open and deleted it. If you are a real Steve Buck, you can ask my advice on the forum.

A couple of days ago I had an email from a Fodorite (or the virus impersonating a Fodorite), with an attachment which, given a question here, made sense. <BR> <BR>I ran my virus checker on Sunday and found nothing. <BR> <BR>Last night I upgraded the virus checker, and ran it again and found 6 infected files; the virus came from the attachment. AAAGHH!!

I've had four so far!

I'm a network administrator and very familiar with virus/worm threat. I make sure I periodically send a company wide email to warn all employees about opening attachments. The previous worms that has been circulating hasn't affected us because it targets Outlook address book and we use Netscape. Well this one just targets any email it finds in your computer regardless of what your email account is. <BR>If you're infected visit this site: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/ you can download a program specifically for this virus, run the program and it will clean your computer. Good Luck! <BR>