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Virus alert from Pacific Bell-FYI

Virus alert from Pacific Bell-FYI

2001-08-02 by antonisphoto@yahoo.com

This came yesterday in my email from Pac Bell:

>>>Alert

This is a virus notification from Southwestern Bell/Pacific Bell/Nevada Bell 
Internet Services.  Please read this message carefully.

A virus known as SirCam is affecting Internet users worldwide.  The SirCam 
virus is transmitted through e-mail attachments and will likely come from 
someone you know.  We recommend that you monitor your e-mail for unusual 
or unexpected messages.  As a precaution, delete messages that begin "Hi! 
How are you?" and end "See you later. Thanks" and contain an attachment.  
The message also may appear in Spanish, beginning "Hola como estas?" 
and ending "Nos vemos pronto, gracias."

If your computer becomes infected, the virus will send messages to every 
e-mail address stored on your computer and attach your personal files to 
outgoing messages.  We strongly recommend that you update your anti-virus 
software to help protect your computer from this virus.

For a complete description of this virus, please refer to the bulletin available at 
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-22.html.<<<

Exactly what some here have experienced.

Antonis

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