SIRCAM AND CODERED VIRUS

Computer virus Sircam is reported to have corrupted IT systems at several organisations in the UAE.Computer virus Sircam is reported to have corrupted IT systems at several organisations in the UAE.
The potentially dangerous virus has made its appearance in the UAE.Indications are that the virus implanted itself into systems which did not take preventive action, even though this was available.

       

And while the CodeRed worm may have proved largely ineffective so far, it may take on more potent destructive powers today.On average, we receive 40 to 50 e-mail messages carrying Sircam through our external correspondences. The worm is quite widespread, but if effective preventive measures are installed it's not destructive.Both Sircam and the CodeRed threaten IT systems through Microsoft applications - the MS Outlook in the case of the former, and the Windows 2000 in the latter.

Sircam, first detected on July 17, attaches itself to the address books of almost any Windows e-mail programme as well e-mail addresses it finds in the cache file of the Web browser of the infected machine.