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Cupertino, CA - Symantec Corporation has announced that its Norton
Antivirus branch will soon be releasing a patch for the Sircam virus,
which struck the Internet over one year ago. Sources at Symantec
say that the virus is not fully functional, with at least two
known bugs. The patch will fix these bugs in order to make the
virus fully functional before October 16th, the day the file deletion
payload is triggered.
Symantec virus researcher Adam Mahoney explained, "The two
bugs found in the virus so far are a problem with the initialization
of random number generator which makes it highly improbable that
the file deletion payload or space filling payload will be triggered
correctly, and the lack of replication in the Windows NT, Windows
2000, and Windows XP operating systems. The patch will fix both these
bugs. Here at Symantec we feel that users should be able to experience
the virus at its full potential. They will also be able to purchase
the new Norton Antivirus: Sircam Edition, which will be the only
Antivirus software capable of removing the patched virus."
Computers users are looking forward to the installing the patch. "When
my PC was infected by the virus a year ago, I thought my PC was gonna
be gone for sure! But when October 16th arrived, and nothing happened,
I was pretty bummed out. Talk about disappointment. But with this
patch, I'll get the file deletion and not get all worked up again
over nothing."
However, not everyone is pleased. And enraged Mandrakeuser roared, "Sure,
they're gonna make the virus work on Windows NT, 2K and XP, but what
about us Linux users? What about Mac Users? I'm sure Microsoft is
behind all of this. They're always trying to monopolize anything
in the computer world, and now they're monopolizing viruses and virus
patches. Next thing you know, you'll only be able to get segmentation
faults in Windows."
Symantec has also announced it will be resending the virus as of
today, and that users should keep an eye out and open all attachments
received. The patch is in its final testing stage and will be released
early next week. Symantec says the long delay since last year is
due to all the files they lost because of the virus. More
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