This is a worm who seems to come back over and over again like the article called it : SirCam, the annoying e-mail worm that simply won't go away, will turn feral Oct. 16.
According to analysis of SirCam's code, every year on Oct. 16 the worm will delete all the files and folders contained on the hard drives of randomly selected SirCam-infected computers. Those who have clicked on a file attached to an e-mail that reads, in part, "I send you this file in order to have your advice," have a few days to make sure the worm is not lurking in their computers. |
After that, they may become unwitting participants in the worm's nasty little game of chance next Tuesday, when SirCam will begin deliberately selecting victims for mass file deletion from among all infected computers' whose "Date/Time" system settings use the "Day/Month/Year" format. It will not activate on computers that use the "Month/Day/Year" format.
SirCam, which first surfaced mid-July, is still quite active. Computer Economics, a technology research firm, estimated that by the end of August, SirCam had infected 2.3 million computers.
Any PC running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows NT can be infected with SirCam by clicking on a virus-laden e-mail attachment. The virus can infect users of those operating systems no matter what e-mail program they use since it takes advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft's operating systems.
Mac and Linux users can only be infected if they are running a Windows program emulator, an application that allows them to run PC programs.
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And remember dont click on strange attachments like a lot of people still doing.
Source: WIRED
