I know that several subscribers to this forum, and particularly Gary, have received several emails containing the SIRCAM worm and I'm wondering how you go about removing it if you catch as soon as its come down and the attachment has not been opened.
Some time ago I received one of these emails (yes Gary, just one) and all I did to get rid of it was to trash the associated email and attachment. I then emptied the Trash can (I use Eudora Pro 5.1) and then to ensure all was gone I empied the Recycle Bin as well. A little after that though my PC became a little unstable and although a scan revealed nothing, I finished up having to reinstall Windows. My question really is this: was that the correct way to remove it as its not as if I had opened anything so it could distribute itself about my PC ready to wreck its havoc.
Tonight a few minutes ago my partner received a SIRCAM email and we followed the same procedure. In fact I must thank Gary for starting the thread several weeks ago about this worm otherwise I would not have known what to look for. My copy of Norton Antivirus (v5.0) didn't catch my email and neither did it catch my partners tonight. I've just been on the Symantec site and downloaded a file containing some updated files (not virus defs but program files) - perhaps upgrading to the latest version may help as well.
Any come back on this would be appreciated.
Thanks
Tracey
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