Sircam

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Another correction. SirCam is an attachment that can cause infection 
through any Windows mail client, not just Outlook and family. 
On 6 Aug 2001, at 8:50, John Malloy wrote:

> 
> Okay.
> 
> Here is a correction:
> 
> There is no way World could be infected with the SirCam email virus,
> since
> the virus can only be propagated through computers using Microsoft's
> Outlook and Outlook Express email clients running under the Windows
> operating system. All of our servers run Unix and could not be infected
> with this virus.
> However, we did have to take steps to prevent the SirCam virus being
> transmitted *though* our servers, since it does spread via email. This
> did
> result in some delays, but things seem to have settled down for now.
> When
> people all over the internet start checking mail Monday morning, there
> could very well be another increase in virus activity.
> 
> Software Tool & Die
> Manager, Customer Support
> 
> Yes, I know that the World uses Unix servers, of course.
> 
> The tech support guy did tell me that they were "affected" on their
> "servers".
> 
> Any more info would be greatly appreciated (ie, corrective action).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> JM
> 
> 
> At 11:40 PM 8/5/2001 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> >That makes no sense. The World systems are all Unix(SGI). The Sircam
> virus
> >affects only Windows 9x (not even Windows NT or Windows 2000). The
> World
> >did have a problem last week where we logged I/O errors trying to send
> >email to World recipients.  All eventually were transmitted.
> >John Malloy wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone get infected by the Sircan virus/worm late last week?
> > >
> > > The "World" systems were affected.
> >--
> >Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> >Boston Linux and Unix user group
> >http://www.blu.org
> >
> >
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> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John Malloy
> jdm at world.std.com


Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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