Virus - Warning to those involved with Mission Festival

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

It has been comfirmed by John Himmelman that there is a virus being sent
out.  See below.
One of the computers affected is Shawn Patterson's.  Shawn is the chief
organizer for the Mission Butterfly Festival - so all presenters and
participants who are expecting to hear from her should NOT OPEN ANY
FILES FROM HER UNLESS SHE SPECIFICALLY ASKS YOU TO DO SO and it makes
sense!!!
I have already received about 6 copies of these from Shawn's computer.
The subject line says "VOL DUES".  The files include a text file and
another type of file - and there was no message in the e-mail.  I have
tried e-mailing her but have gotten no response.
If anyone has Shawn's phone number out there please try to contact her. 
There is probably a lot of Festival Stuff on her computer that she needs
to save.
I know that some of the mail lists have a prohibition agains virus
alerts - but since this one directly affects leps folks I am using my
judgement to warn the folks on these lists.
This is John's message:

Subject: 
        Re: REAL VIRUS ALERT!!!!
   Date: 
        Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:22:16 -0400
   From: 
        "JH" <jhimmel at CONNIX.COM>
     To: 
        (SNIP)

       

       Subject: REAL VIRUS ALERT!!!!

       I just discovered the "Sircam virus" in my computer.  If you
receive an attachment
       from me DO NOT OPEN IT!  This is a nasty one.  It goes through
your address book,
       attaches a random file from your computer and sends it out.  It
can potentially wipe
       out your hard drive!  It also has the ability to change the
greeting, so be careful.  Mine
       came to me from the Mission Chamber of Commerce under the subject
of "I send you
       this file in order to have your advice".  Because this comes from
someone who has
       your address, you may be less cautious in opening the
attachment.  That's how it got
       me.
        
        
        
       Go to this site for more info.
        
       http://securityportal.com/research/virus/profiles/w32sircam.html
       :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
       John Himmelman
       Killingworth, CT USA
       jhimmel at connix.com
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-- 
	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
                   Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
          http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
         "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" 
    by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin - due September 2001
         http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/book.html

 
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