VIRUS!!!!!!!

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Please everyone be carefull

I received today 4 emails with same msg in different language with a file attached. I'm sure it's a new virus.

Here is the msg:
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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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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I also received 2 of these mails today, they appeared to have been sent by Dangeruss, and were named pseudo_ez and TechAmp. I was immediately suspicious, as Russ and I haven't exactly been on speaking terms since the "Skinz" days, and I doubted he would ask my advice on anything!
Let me stress that these e-mails are NOT from dangeruss, just made to LOOK like they are.
Needless to say, I didn't open the attachments, I just deleted them, as you should do if you receive one. There is obviously someone who is bent on harming the skinning community, as can be witnessed by the recent attack on LotsOfSkins.com,
Where someone abused the delete function and removed many skins.
BE ON YOUR GUARD!!
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
There is a post from Russ on Devart concerning this:

http://forum.deviantart.com/?fid=general&tid=45060
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oops - my apologies. He also posted here - guess I should have checked here first...
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Usualy i think the Delete Button is made to Delete emails that have attachements from people you dont know . But thats just me , oh well
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
coreg2

2 of them was actually really good friends of mine
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I received the same e-mail on 7/18/01. Norton Antivirus didn't flag it coming through my email program. I just deleted it, like any unsolicited attachments.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I received one of these msgs, as well...though I didn't recognize the sender the attachment was a .pif file pretending to be a .zip
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's not just happening to you guyz in the skinning community. I got the same messages, and I have a website about Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA. My sender was 'Tony'. I just deleted them. Just to warn, its an all-around virus.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I thought I had escaped this one but then, yesterday I got mailed a different virus/worm combo that comes in two consectutive emails. It's the W95MTXdr virus and came from someone in Argentina who had asked me about where to send winamp skins.

And then today I started getting the W32sircam virus that this thread is about. The sender is unknown to me and the subject line is "Capital Gain 99". In both cases my virus scanner did not catch it.

I don't believe I've been infected but I'm still trying to determine that for sure. What a waste of time!
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi, I received one today... Sender unknown with a different attachment-name again...
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
eek, yeh i get alot of mails from the "Worms Community" (hehe, nothing to do with bad .worms! i'm referring to a game), anyhow people send me their maps and whatever and i evaluate them all and have to check .zips and stuff for details - Anyway, i got 5 of these damn emails, 1 from a person i know and the other 4 from some-one i didn't ... ah well just adding my little bit here btw.

I searched google.com for any information about this as soon as i got the email virus's/atachments, but there wasn't any info to be found... =/

Maybe you guys will keep us posted?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
www.theregister.com has good info..... it's an extremely virulent virus and is causing major havoc.... it's even made national news in the UK