# Possible email virus circulating . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-email-virus-circulating/83632 "2001-09-25T04:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-email-virus-circulating/83632/1 "2001-09-25T04:07:08Z")
Below is the copied text of an email I received from ksand@vt.edu: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Virus Warning Message (on zidane.cc.vt.edu) Found virus TROJ\_SIRCAM.A in file paper # 2.doc.bat The uncleanable file was deleted. * * * Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Virus Warning Message (on zidane.cc.vt.edu) paper # 2.doc.bat was removed from here because it contained a virus. * * * Here’s the other pertinent info: Subject: paper # 2 From: ksand@vt.edu Attachments: attachment-2, attachment-3, attachment-4 * * * I don’t know if this is just me (I’ve gotten a very similar email before) or if this thing is going to be making the rounds. [Mcafee.com](http://Mcafee.com) doesn’t have anything about it on their website yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-email-virus-circulating/83632/2 "2001-09-25T04:16:51Z")
Sircam’s been around for awhile, I got it a bunch of times a few months ago and still get a few now & then. [More info here.](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html)