ES - virus warning: "melissa"
Paul Mitchell
Paul_Mitchell at Filemaker.com
Mon Mar 29 07:13:13 PST 1999
OK, this is a real virus going around. It won't damage
your computer, but it can be an annoyance. If you use
Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, or MSWord '97 or
higher, please take note. ABC Radio was covering
this when I got up this morning (Mon., 3/29/99). The
biggest problems it presents affect networks, not
individual users.
J'Lynn Yeates, who authored the message below, is a
member of the Barony of Bryn Gwlad and is a regular
poster to the Ansteorra list; I can't speak to his
credentials, but the attached note is a clear
explanation of the facts of the case as I understand
them.
More information is availabe at the links below.
- Galen
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Date: 03/28 4:09 PM
Received: 03/29 8:49 AM
From: j'lynn yeates, jyeates at realtime.net
this is NOT a hoax:
the "melissa" variant has started making it's appearances widely in
corporate
email systems and security specialists expect it to break into the
general
internet population in the the next few weeks. in the words of the
McAfee anti-
virus folk, "this is the fastest spreading virus we have seen"
note that this virus appears to do no harm, but is a major nusience as it
clogs
email systems and users inbox's. the most probbaly damage is that it
replicates so quickly that it overwhelms and possibly crashes email
servers.
so far, the virus seems limited to Outlook and Outlook Express users.
if you receive a message over the next few weeks with the following
header:
"important message from "name"", where names is someone who would have
you in
their email addres book, delete it .... it will contain text with
something
along the lines of "here's that document you asked for ..." and a
attached Word
file. this file contains a macro virus that will scan for names in your
address book, and replicate itself to the entries (up to 50).
microsoft has a patch available at:
www.microsoft.com/securities/bulletins/ms99-002.asp
for more information:
www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus.html
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