Sircam

Sircam is a computer worm that propagates by email from Microsoft Windows systems. It begins with one of the following lines of text and has an attachment consisting of the worm's executable with some file from the infected computer appended.

• I send you this file in order to have your advice
• I hope you like the file that I sendo you
• I hope you can help me with this file that I send
• This is the file with the information you ask for
• Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista
• Espero te guste este archivo que te mando
• Espero me puedas ayudar con el archivo que te mando
• Este es el archivo con la informacion que me pediste

Due to a bug in the worm, the message was rarely sent in any form other than "I send you this file in order to have your advice." This subsequently became an in-joke among those who were using the Internet at the time, and were spammed with emails containing this string sent by the worm.

See Also

• Notable computer viruses and worms