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Worm:Win32/Sircam.A@mm
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: W32/SirCam@mm (McAfee) WORM_SIRCAM.GEN (Trend Micro)
Summary
Win32/Sircam is a family of mass-mailing network worms that targets certain versions of Microsoft Windows. The worm spreads by sending a copy of itself as an e-mail attachment to e-mail addresses found on the infected computer. It also spreads to network shares with weak administrator passwords. On a particular date, the worm may fill the system disk or delete all files on the disk.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
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