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How to protect your PC from the SirCam worm

This worm can infect and re-infect networked computers without you even knowing - and then email your private documents to others. Find out here how to make your system secure against the latest email worm Read more

24 July, 2001 by Robert Vamosi

SirCam worm still a serious threat

Almost seven weeks after it started spreading, the SirCam worm is still topping the watch lists of almost every antivirus company... Read more

5 September, 2001 by Robert Lemos

SirCam worm 'high risk' but not an epidemic

...s helped prevent things since Love Letter from becoming so grandiose." The SirCam worm, which surfaced last week, spreads by emailing copies of itself to... Read more

25 July, 2001 by David Becker

SirCam worm settles in for the long haul

...bug. A strain of Hybris ranked third, with 277 incidents reported. The SirCam worm spreads by emailing copies of itself to everyone in the infected... Read more

3 August, 2001 by Ian Fried

SirCam worm snatches FBI documents

...Infrastructure Protection Center -- the bureau's cyberprotection unit -- allowed the rapidly spreading SirCam worm to send private FBI documents from a bureau computer to outsiders... Read more

26 July, 2001 by Erich Luening

SirCam worm puts secrets at risk

The SirCam worm continued to gain momentum Monday, carrying with it the potential not... Read more

24 July, 2001 by Ian Fried

SirCam worm still causing chaos

Yer gotta get up real early to catch this worm... Read more

24 July, 2001 by Chris Holbrook

SirCam slowing, but threat lingers

The SirCam worm slowed its advance on Thursday but remains a threat, antivirus experts... Read more

27 July, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Know your enemy: Past threats

...has the potential to degrade service across the entire Internet. July 2001: SirCam worm SirCam is a sophisticated worm that will infect files shared over... Read more

24 November, 2003 by Andrew Donoghue

Chernobyl virus hitches a ride

...long way to go, however, to catch the all-time champ, the SirCam worm, still going strong with more than 748,000 interceptions to date... Read more

7 May, 2002 by David Becker

SirCam to target Europe in new attack

The highly destructive SirCam worm has been programmed to return on its three-month birthday, and... Read more

16 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

New viruses on the attack

...has attacked Europe with new destructive capabilities. Will the US be next? SirCam worm still a serious threatWednesday 5th September Underestimating the SirCam worm could... Read more

5 September, 2001 by ZDNet UK

News Schmooze: Code Red fails to impress jaded users

...as pretty much a damp squib. But there's always that wacky SirCam worm, which has kept up its amusing antics despite public attention being... Read more

3 August, 2001 by ZDNet UK

SirCam tops virus charts for July

...and other malicious applications were reported to Central Command in July. The SirCam worm, which surfaced at the beginning of the month, spreads by emailing... Read more

2 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Klez is the worst virus in the world. Ever...

...as of 11:00(BST) this morning - 14,000 more than the SirCam worm which has been plaguing networks since July last year. The H... Read more

27 May, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

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