Re: RC: virus warning (not a hoax -from my sys admins)

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Speaking of viruses, I'm about to unsubscribe from ridecamp as I have
been getting 10-20 emails/day with the Sir Cam virus attached (yes, I've
deleted all) and they originate usually from "Dennis and Robyn" and once
from "rex" and titled "Mare and Foal" " Mare Contract" "Now that  I am
old" ---all titles of emails from ridecamp-- sooo I believe someone from
ridecamp has my address in their address book and hasn't scanned for the
virus.
Has anyone else on ridecamp had this problem?
Bette, who is getting carpal tunnel from deleting so many emails.

Teresa Van Hove wrote:
> 
> Just got an email from our sys admins about a new virus that
> attacks MS internet explorer and MS express mail pgms. Check
> your virus protection source or the microsoft page and protect
> yourselves.
> 
> Teresa (so glad this is not a netscape/Linux virus)
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> FYI.
> Note that this description is more limited than some others I have
> read,
> indicating to me
> that the full nature of this virus are not yet certain and this
> description is
> not to be
> completely trusted.
> -myron
> 
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html
> 
> ...
> ...W32.Nimda.A@mm is a new mass-mailing worm that utilizes multiple
> methods to
> spread itself. The worm sends itself out by email, searches for open
> network
> shares, and attempts to copy itself to unpatched Microsoft IIS web
> servers. The
> worm does this using the Unicode Web Traversal exploit. A patch and
> information
> regarding this exploit can be found at
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-078.asp.
> 
> Users visiting compromised Web servers will be prompted to download
> an .eml
> (Outlook Express) email file, which contains the worm as an
> attachment.
> 
> Also, the worm will create an open network share on the infected
> computer,
> allowing access to the system.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..
> 
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-- 
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians, Home of 16.2hh TLA Halynov	
(Yes, really 16.2!)
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