AG EDITOR 

SENT 

INCURABLE E-MAIL WORM

Evening all..

Yesterday I received an e-mail from some one who's E-Mail Address I don't know, which is unusual. I can usually look at the E-mail address or the List Serv, and know it's origins.  He attached something with a *.doc ext on it.  Thank GOD I am not in the habit of down loading stuff from peeps I don't know.  Good thing too.  This e-mail was sent to an E-Mail addy I don't put out in public, so I was like who is this fella??   I deleted it and went on with my e-mail business.

Well I just hit my hotmail account and this person sent me 3 more e-mails with files attached!  When I went to look at the file on line, (Hotmail uses McAfee Virus Scan to protect it's users and alerts you if there is a virus attached to a file), guess what???   The files were not only INFECTED. but it was an INCURABLE worm. Do Tell!!!   Hotmail won't let you download  infected files, so no problem, I am safe.

So I looked at his 2nd file and it was infected and incurable as well.  The shocker was that it was a *.bat file.  Now what lil plan did he have?   To have my pc completely shut down?  Oh hell no!!!  That's NOT going to happen, well not via e-mail.  You gotta come better than that son!

Now he wasn't happy to send the viruses  to my Hotmail.com account.  Oh No!!  He sent copies to the un publicized E-mail account as well.  How did he get the other e-mail address you ask?  Good Question!  While updating my personal site, I added my new e-mail address to a page.  Needless to say I have changed that.

So I am warning you.   In keeping with the spirit of  Pan-Africanism, The Right Honorable Marcus M. Garvey, NOI, SCLC, Black Panthers, New Black Panthers, and other Black organizations, I warn you to be ever watchful.  Keep your eyes open and keep an eye on this fool right here. If you see mail by him delete it quickly!

Oh btw, I reported him to Hotmail.com and his e-mail account provider and I have no problems sending a copy of this e-mail to the agencies I mentioned in the following e-mail!!  He won't be doing this too much longer, that's for sure. Well not from that e-mail address, anyway.

If any of you see this mess floating around,,, do report him. This is no joke. I know a brother who recently had to have his hard drive re-formatted due to some e-mail worm he picked up and infected ALL of his files.

As ever, please feel free to use the following e-mail as a sample e-mail to use to anyone who would dare to infect your computer and you are blessed with insight and are able to side-step the intention.

He must not have read the Message from the Editor.  Shame, he could have saved himself some headaches.  I mean what I say, and I say what I mean!!  I am not a child and I am not to be played with!!

Here is the write up on the worm.  http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html

Tyree

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E-mail sent to the perp, his e-mail provider and Hotmail.com:

FIRST:

STOP SENDING ME E-MAIL. I DO NOT KNOW YOU AND I AM REPORTING YOU TO YOUR ISP FOR SPAMMING MY E-MAIL ACCOUNT.


SECOND:

YOU HAVE SENT A FILE WITH AN INCURABLE VIRUS. I CONSIDER THIS CYBER TERRORISM. IF YOU CONTINUE I WILL REPORT YOU TO THE CYBER TERRORIST BRANCH OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HOMELAND/SECURITY ORGANIZATION.

THIS IS THE WARNING I RECEIVED FROM HOTMAIL.COM

CONSIDER THIS YOUR ONE AND ONLY WARNING!

TYREE AMALA
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Hotmail message:

certificate.doc.bat W32/SirCam@MM Virus Found 


There is no cure available for the virus on the file certificate.doc.bat 

It is not possible to download files from Hotmail that contain incurable viruses. Contact the originator of the file, inform them that the file contains a virus, and ask them to send a virus-free version of the file.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "weldon"<whay1@triad.rr.com>

Subject: certificate
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:46:41 -0500

Hi! How are you?

I send you this file in order to have your advice

See you later. Thanks
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