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Message #01920
To: id-digest@direct.ca id-digest@direct.ca
From: Internet Direct cservice@direct.ca
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: 03/31/99 - Melissa Virus Warning
>
>PSA MELISSA VIRUS WARNING
>
>Our apologies for the interruption, however, a new computer macro-virus
called
>Melissa is spreading through the Internet. There have been several early
>reports about this virus in the media and we felt it was important to warn
all
>our customers. Melissa comes as an attachment to an e-mail message, with a
>subject line like "Important Message From ... [name of sender]". Attached
to
>the message is a 40K Microsoft Word document (originally named "list.doc",
but
>it could potentially be changed by now) A computer affected by the virus
>generates copies of the message and attachment and distributes them to
persons
>found on the user's address book. If you receieve this virus, DO NOT open
the
>attachment that accompanies the e-mail, erase it instead. More information
can
>be obtained at Microsoft's web site:
>
>http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/macroalert.htm
>
>and on CERN:
>
>http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus.html
>
>Norton AntiVirus is able to detect and repair this macro virus with the
latest
>set of virus definitions. Customers can obtain this updated definition set
via
>LiveUpdate, Scan and Deliver or from Symantec's web site at
www.symantec.com.
>
>For more information, and updates, please see our Anti-Virus Page at:
>
>http://www.idirect.com/about/faq/virus/
>
>
>The Staff,
>I.D. Internet Direct Ltd.
>
>
>
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