Network Pond Racers

Network Pond Racers

[Dana Steil]

Hi! How are you?

I send you this file in order to have your advice

See you later. Thanks

VIRUS ALERT - a trojan horse was spread through this list

[Ronald Landheer]

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Hello all,

If you've opened the attachment that came with the mail below, you've been infected with the SIRCAM trojan horse.
I have attached a fix tool from Trend Micro (propriety software - sorry folks but I think this kinda supersedes personal objections to such) to fix it.

Please keep it around in case you get the mail below again (might be in Spanish), and reply with sending this file - I've received this trojan at least ten times already.

Greetz!

Ronald Landheer
Real Life Systems < http://www.rlsystems.net >

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
[ mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Dana Steil
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:31 AM
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Network Pond Racers


Hi! How are you?
 
I send you this file in order to have your advice
 
See you later. Thanks

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Re: VIRUS ALERT - a trojan horse was spread through this list

[Michael Schaap]

Hello Roland, all,

Did you check the attachment?

         NOTE:  An executable program which was attached to your email
         has been automatically removed.
         (snip)

In any case, I know you mean well, but DO NOT attach executables to posts 
to this mailing list, ever!  If you want to alert people, and tell them 
about such a fix tool, please point them to a reliable source on the Web 
where they can download it.
People should NEVER trust such tools that come in by email.

  - Michael

At 09:53 7-9-2001, Ronald Landheer wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>If you've opened the attachment that came with the mail below, you've been 
>infected with the SIRCAM trojan horse.
>I have attached a fix tool from Trend Micro (propriety software - sorry 
>folks but I think this kinda supersedes personal objections to such) to fix it.
>
>Please keep it around in case you get the mail below again (might be in 
>Spanish), and reply with sending this file - I've received this trojan at 
>least ten times already.
>
>Greetz!
>
>Ronald Landheer
>Real Life Systems < http://www.rlsystems.net >
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
>[ mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Dana Steil
>Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:31 AM
>To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
>Subject: Network Pond Racers
>
>
>Hi! How are you?
>
>I send you this file in order to have your advice
>
>See you later. Thanks
>
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RE: VIRUS ALERT - a trojan horse was spread through this list

[Ronald Landheer]

Very well:

find it here: http://www.antivirus.com (the Trend Micro site)
look for SIRCAM in the search box.

As for trusting tools sent by E-mail: you're right that it's generally not a good idea. (That doesn't mean the file I attached is not trustworthy, though).

Greetz!

Ronald

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
[ mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ronald Landheer
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:53 AM
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: VIRUS ALERT - a trojan horse was spread through this list


Hello all,

If you've opened the attachment that came with the mail below, you've been infected with the SIRCAM trojan horse.
I have attached a fix tool from Trend Micro (propriety software - sorry folks but I think this kinda supersedes personal objections to such) to fix it.

Please keep it around in case you get the mail below again (might be in Spanish), and reply with sending this file - I've received this trojan at least ten times already.

Greetz!

Ronald Landheer
Real Life Systems < http://www.rlsystems.net >

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
[ mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Dana Steil
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:31 AM
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Network Pond Racers


Hi! How are you?
 
I send you this file in order to have your advice
 
See you later. Thanks


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Re: VIRUS ALERT - a trojan horse was spread through this list

[Cliff Hones]

Ronald Landheer writes:

> Very well:
>
> find it here: http://www.antivirus.com (the Trend Micro site)
> look for SIRCAM in the search box.
>
> As for trusting tools sent by E-mail: you're right that it's generally not a good idea.
> (That doesn't mean the file I attached is not trustworthy, though).

You are in danger of upsetting a number of people on this mailing list.
The general rule is *never* respond to apparent virus or spam mailings - this
only multiplies the junk we all have to plough through.

(Sorry, I know I'm doing just that right now :-)).

And, in this particular case, if you had bothered to look at the
body of the alleged SIRCAM virus you were warning us about, you would
have spotted that the originator's email system had already stripped
out the virus - so it couldn't possibly have infected anyone.

-- Cliff



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