Posted by Moderator 50 [mattk8876] on March 29, 1999 at 21:39:48 {7nb3mCfGvUCfsKE9siAIBdZEpMwzLY}:
In Reply to: Melissa Virus Outbreak is REAL posted by Rick on March 29, 1999 at 20:46:15:
Email sent out from Director of Information Services at CellNet to employees at CellNet and Ameren.
From: [email protected] on behalf of Dennis L. Anderson
[[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March
29, 1999 9:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: The "Melissa" virus
If you receive an email message with a Subject Heading of "Important Message from [End-user name] delete it do not open with email or the attachment.
The Melissa virus is rapidly propagating through out the Internet. The virus is transmitted via Microsoft Outlook. It has an ever-changing subject heading of "Important Message From [end-user name], the attachment to the e-mail is a document entited "list.doc" with a body of text reading "Here is that document you asked for... don't show anyone else ;-)."
Upon opening the attachment, Microsoft Word 97 will ask if you want to disable the macros, to which you should reply yes, or the virus resends itself to everyone in [your] address list.
In addition, the virus automatically changes the security settings of an infected system to the lowest possible setting.
IS will post a McAfee patch for this virus along with instructions for installing it as soon as we can get it from our virus vendor.
thank you
Dennis
Dennis L. Anderson
Director of Information Services
CellNet Data Systems
125 Shoreway Road
San
Carlos, Calif. 94070
(650)508-6741 - Phone
(650)508-6700 - Fax
[email protected]