This one is called W32/SirCam@MM. If my observation is worth anything, it
seems to grab one of the addresses in your addy book and send itself to
someone else in the book. The receiver may or may not know the sender. The
text often says something about askeing for your advice. My neice's post
(which she did not send) said she wanted my advice about her mother.
JP
As a matter of fact I was going to post to this list as I have a suspicion
that this list has been infected somehow with Trojan horse virus, but I
didn't ant to seem an alarmist--I had no proof it was from this list--still
don't for that matter, though you might now be able to confirm my suspicion.
I ran into a severe problem (thankfully corrected by Norton Antivirus) with
my hard drive the past couple of days and the short version of this
unpleasantness follows:
Two occurrences of the following:
Location: C:\Program
Files\Qualcomm\Eudora\PAIBGCPA.EXE
Virus Name: W95.Hybris.Gen.dr
Both cases (one on my D: drive as well--I always keep a copy of Eudora
copied over to my slave in case of a crash) were repairable (or so says
Norton); I subsequently ran SCANDISK /F and seem to have restored full
utility to my primary drive. At least I hope this is so--it was thrashing
itself something awful. Unbelievable to listen to, and an IBM at that. I
thought the world had come to an end. <g>
I fully realize this is not your fault in any manner, shape or form. This
stuff happens and all we can do is keep prepared as much as possible.
Crazies are among us and they know not what they do--or simply don't care.
I hope no one else was similarly infected.
Tris
At 01:18 PM 7/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
I seem to have a virus which attaches itself to every name in my address
book. DON'T OPEN ATTACHMENTS FROM ME! I probably haven't caught it in
time, but I hope so. I do know what the virus is if I've infected any of
you.
John Pendley
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