Sircam virus

SirCam due to wipe Windows PCs next SirCam, the bandwidth-munching privacy invading mass mailing virus, is due to attempt to wipe infected users' Windows PCs next Tuesday. That's the bad news. The good news is that indications are the malicious payload the virus contains isn't particularly effective, probably because of shoddy programming on the virus writer's part. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said that the virus is programmed so that there's a one …

…own SMTP routine, which is used to send email messages to email addresses found in the Windows address book and the temporary internet folder. A document file is included in the executable that the worm mails, which means there is a possibility of confidential or embarrassing material being mailed out. If the document is large - so is the infected attachment, and that means some copies of SirCam can weigh in at 10MB and above.