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From: [log in to unmask] (Billie Cook)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 11:32:08 -0600 (CST)
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Subject: Re: virus alert
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There was a big article in the Dallas Moring News about the Melissa
virus and how rapidly it spreads, seems it has caused several large
corps,.to shut down their email servers.Affects Microsoft Outlook and
Outlook Express(Windows 98 and some 95).i don't have a computer so I
won't have a problem but tho't some of you might. Email infected with
the Melissa virus has a topic line that begins "Important Message
From.'' Next is a sender's name which is often the name of someone known
to recipient.The message says "Here is that document you asked
for...don't show anyone else ;-)" Attached to it is 40K Microsoft Word
document named list.doc. They say don't open the attachment, opening
message will not cause virus to copy address list and send itself
out.Disabling macros in MS Word will make it ineffective. For more info
Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response team has
posted info about Melissa on the web at
www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-
Melissa-Macro-Virus.html/.
Microsoft also has a patch available at
www.microsoft.corn/security/bulletins/ms
990-002.asp.
Sendmail has a patch at
www.sendmail.com.
I'm send all this for whatever it may be worth.
Have fun and BFN.
Billie Cook
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Hello all,
I thought I would pass this along to you. I don't know if any of you use Word
97 and Outlook mail (full version not Outlook express) but if you do be advised
that there is a nasty virus going around that can potentially bring down mail
servers. It is called a macro virus and it affects documents created in word97.
When you open an infected document it is able to "capture" your address book in
Outlook and send out 50 email messages with an infected document attached. If
enough people who use the same mail provider get infected it can cause the mail
server to stop working.
Again let me make it clear that if you do not use Word97/Outlook (full
version not Outlook express) then you do not have to worry about this virus. If
you do use those programs then I have included some links to find out how to
avoid it or get rid of it.
A word of advice to everyone here who is new to the Internet. Purchase some
anti virus software and be careful of attachments from anyone. A common mistake
that people make is assuming because a friend or a relative has sent the
attachment that it is safe. The truth is that probably 90% of the time viruses
are passed along by people who don't realize they are infected and the file
they are sending is also.
Hope this saves somebody some headaches.
If you have any questions feel free to ask
Henry
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2233130,00.html
This site has the solutions:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus.html
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