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New virus on the loose

To: Amici Triumphi <fot@autox.team.net>,
Subject: New virus on the loose
From: Tony Drews <tmccis@revealed.net>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 08:54:14 -0500
In case you haven't heard yet, there's a new virus out there that is
similar to the love bug virus that wreaked havoc recently.  This variant
sends messages with subjects that start with "FW:" to everyone in your
outlook address book, and then deletes all files from your hard drive
and any network drives you have authority to wipe out.  It arrives as a
message (subject starting with "FW:") with an attached randomly named
file that has the ".vbs" extension.  If you receive such an e-mail, do
NOT open the attachment, delete the message and then delete it from your
wastebasket / deleted message folder. Computer Associates InoculanIT has
a new virus signature out to catch it, I assume the other anti-virus
vendors do too.  This virus is being widely reported on CNN.  It seems
to be spreading more slowly, but it's probably worth getting the latest
virus signature file.

- Tony Drews
Trinity Medical Center IS Director / Car Nut


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