Tonic

22nd July 2001 13:20 UTC

Somone send tons of e-mail with viruses to all AVS artist who got 5 stars at winamp. Avsociety mail box got near 30 per day. Becasue my new AVS album has been publised before 5 days I got only 2 to my personal mail-box. At e-mail box my second artist name "Gaziarana Voda" for which I too have 5 starts AVS plugin I too start to recive viruses for now thay are near 20 for 4 days. Hors-Fly, Paranoya, Marco and NimrodFunk other artists with 5 stars too got e-mail with viruses. Problem of this e-mails is not that thay have viruses because we do not opend them but e-mail are with size of near 300k and this full our e-mail boxes.

Did somone else have same problem?
All e-mails contains same text:

English version:
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Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
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Spanish version:
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Hola como estas ?
Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista
Nos vemos pronto, gracias.
------------------

Somone to help us :)))

Regards Tonic

Lucid DM

22nd July 2001 23:28 UTC

It's not just AVS. Everyone all over the place has been getting them. It's become an international virus :eek:
Just delete any you get.

s1138

22nd July 2001 23:54 UTC

has anyone used it? what does the virus do?

fish

23rd July 2001 01:38 UTC

I've gotten it. Twice...


And nope, I haven't tried it :D It looked bad though ;)

Scarface2k1

23rd July 2001 02:16 UTC

im not a 5 star avs pack maker, but i get quite a few emails tha tlook like virses (attachments tags on emails)

Doggy Dog

23rd July 2001 12:45 UTC

I got a lot of Hybris's, in every language.

Tonic

23rd July 2001 18:26 UTC

But I got 30 per day and it fill my mail box. Also it comes from differnt peoples and have different size. As I know virus format your HDD

Tonic

24th July 2001 16:42 UTC

10x Sawg for this Info I have same suspiciouse but unfortunatly this did not fix my problem because I did not have VIRUS I have 3 mail-boxes fill with e-mails that contains virus and I cannot stop that. Thay caom and come and come near 20-30 per dey in one e-mail box. I cannot block sender because they are many many

GUESShimself

28th July 2001 01:36 UTC

yup, i've been getttin' about 2 a day for about the past 4 days. i almost opened up the first one...then i deleted it and all of the rest. this is a pretty smart virus they got goin' around.

Scarface2k1

28th July 2001 14:19 UTC

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sawg
[B]

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

Scarface2k1

28th July 2001 14:27 UTC

but i didnt download any attachments :)

Sturek

29th July 2001 09:07 UTC

Some information about the Virus
Hi,

i just read about this virus on an German board.
It seems to try to delete Files and it scans your "My Files" Folder and then sends itself with some files of your "My Files" Folder to anyone in your Adressbook AND to any E-Mail Adresses in your Browsers cache. And I think that is why the 5 star authors get the most Virus Mails, their E-Mail Adress is on so many pages that so many people load.And as it comes with its own "E-Mail Client" it is very difficult to stop it. You may delete your E-Mail Adresses from all the Webpages, but i think that´s too late.
Hope nobody opened the attachments.

Sturek

Scarface2k1

29th July 2001 15:12 UTC

thanx, but i useally dont download any attachments from e-mails that come on that say its about 201k (email size) and just say: hi how are you

DuaneJeffers

29th July 2001 20:22 UTC

I got Sircam, and I can tell you what it does. 1) It is a virus that is in your recycled folder (C:\recycled\SCam32.exe is the file). The SirCam Virus has it's own SMTP mail server (outgoing mail). It then sends ANY file from your My Documents Folder to EVERYONE IN YOU ADDRESS BOOK. How Fun. Expunging it is much harder than sending an e-mail with it.
It is known as the "Friendly" Virus because it has the first line:
"Hi! How are you?"
and the last line:
"Thanks"
It originated in Mexico and that is why it is in Spanish.
-Duane

bluetape2k1

30th July 2001 04:28 UTC

In my view anyone who makes virus's SHOULD BE BANNED for life on a computer

but thats my opinion

BlueTape2k1


Ps. always be alert while on the net or checking mail

DuaneJeffers

30th July 2001 19:45 UTC

Well, Virus makers are what help the anti-virus software creators create much better software. Heck, even old virus makers and developers are now anti-virus software manufacturers. AND the old virus makers are developing new virii for companies like Symantec so they have a piece of software that can stop ALL upcoming virii and could possibly download an update with out you knowing, so that you could be protected.

-DJ

Antzas AVS

1st August 2001 12:18 UTC

The SirCam worm virus !
All the E-Mails which contains this text is infected by Sircam worm virus:

Hi! How are you?

i send this file in order to have your advice

OR

i Hope you can help me with this file that i send

OR

i hope you like the file that i sendo you

OR

This is the file with the information taht you ask for

See you later thanks.

And the same could be in Spanish too !!
Starting with text :Hola Como Estas

Do not open the Attachments !!!

What the virus does: When you open the Attachment the virus checks all your Mailing list E-Mails and starts to send Stuff to the E-Mails from your hard-drive !! And the files contains this SirCam Worm virus Which is already International problem...

Scarface2k1

1st August 2001 15:28 UTC

and how meny times does this: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ must be told in oder for someone to get the point of not downloading the attachments?


one mmore should do :)

DONT OPEN THE GOD DAMNED ATTACHMENTS!!!!

Doggy Dog

1st August 2001 18:02 UTC

Update.......newsflash....... I recieved 3 of them today.....

RanDom_ErrOr

4th August 2001 11:34 UTC

i haver read that the sircam virus was programmed in delphi (language that i am learning) and that it calls on the SNTP function of windows exploits it and it spreads like a bitch... got it 2x in my email... nice little virus (its a worm) but the delivery system could be better :D and maybe even make it *forgets about it (this is an avs forum not virus creators club)* tee hee j/k its a nasty bugger and i dont trust it 1 bit... :D

GUESShimself

4th August 2001 23:05 UTC

so you're saying we should open up the attatchments...or did i just read everything wrong? heh. :P

RanDom_ErrOr

5th August 2001 22:14 UTC

dont open it :D