Hi family and friends, I got this from my service provider. Usually my provider tells us to ignore these warnings and not to send them on because they are no big deal or an hoax, but apparently this time it is a big deal. Take care, Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mo-Net Support Staff" <support@mickey.mo-net.com> To: <bulletin@mickey.mo-net.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 1:31 PM Subject: URGENT!!! WARNING!!!!!!! > > URGENT WARNING TO ALL MO-NET, INC. CUSTOMERS! > > We have been alerted to a legitimate virus warning that requires your > immediate attention. This virus has been seen worldwide today, and has > already been detected by cusomters on our system. It poses an immediate > threat! Experts are shocked at how fast this one has propagated > throughout the internet. It is called the "I Love You" virus. > > > BE ALERT TO ANY E-MAIL MESSAGE WITH THE SUBJECT OF "I LOVE YOU" > > > DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!! > > > Delete it immediately! > > > This virus utilizes your address book in Outlook Express to send MULTIPLE > copies to everyone in your Outlook address book. The massive amounts of > traffic this thing is generating can cause congestion in mail servers > everywhere. Those receiving messages from an infected computer will think > they are getting mail from a friend or aquaintance, and may open the > attachment without thinking. DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT! There does not > appear to be any text in the message, only the attachment. > > This virus also utilizes Visual Basic Scripting, a common path of > propagation with some of the newer virus and worm programs. We do not > recommend enabling Visual Basic Scripting on your computer. It has become > quite a security risk. > > THIS IS A LEGITIMATE WARNING. WE HAVE VERIFIED THE VALIDITY OF THIS > WARNING. IT HAS BEEN DETECTED LOCALLY! > > It is not necessary to forward this warning to any other Mo-Net, Inc, > customer, as this is a system-wide bulletin, and all Mo-Net, Inc customers > now have a copy in their mailbox. > > We will issue further bulletins if the situation warrants, but for now, if > you simply delete any e-mail message with the subject of "I Love You", > regardless of who it's from, you should be safe. > > Thank you. > > The Mo-Net Support Staff > <support@mo-net.com> > > Jackson Knight > Richard Kennedy > Ivan Curtis > Michael Brittenham > Scott Whisman > David Brittenham > > > >