This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------BB6DE21326 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi HALLers, This was forwarded to me from another list but is a real virus alert, not a hoax as so many are. There was an article about it in todays Austin (Texas) American Statesman and I have received other notices about it. Hope you all had a nice weekend and were able to make some genealogy headway. Bill Grimes HALL Surname List Owner --------------BB6DE21326 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <Irish-Canadian-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.103]) by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA15055 for <grimy_b@mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:51:47 -0600 (CST) Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA24580 for <grimy_b@swbell.net>; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:51:47 -0600 (CST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA21860; Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:40:38 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 17:40:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <007b01be7985$a150f040$8143b08e@oemcomputer> Reply-To: "Brian McConnell" <brianmc@tartannet.ns.ca> From: "Brian McConnell" <brianmc@tartannet.ns.ca> Old-To: "Irish-Canadian-L" <Irish-Canadian-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: VIRUS ALERT from List Owner Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:43:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Resent-Message-ID: <"QuzxUD.A.-TF.Uot_2"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: Irish-Canadian-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <Irish-Canadian-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2020 X-Loop: Irish-Canadian-L@rootsweb.com To: Irish-Canadian-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Errors-To: Irish-Canadian-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: Irish-Canadian-L-request@rootsweb.com There's a new virus . The message below is from Oxford University Computing Services security team. More details are available on http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/melissa.asp If you get email messages with this subject: Important Message From..... DO NOT OPEN ANY FILE ATTACHMENTS. Delete and notifiy the sender to disinfect their computer. le meas, Brian >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:35:52 +0000 (GMT) >Subject: Virus Alert - "Important Message From " > >Hello >Please note that there is a very widespread dispersal of a new Word Macro >virus - typically with the Subject line of "Important Message From ..". > >There will be fuller official alerts coming from CIAC over the weekend >but as usual please alert users not to open file attachments from unknown >sources - although in this case anyone who does open it in Outlook will >propagate it to the first 50 addressees in their address book. > >There should be updated anti-virus products from the vendors appearing to >detect and remove it however the 'worm-like' nature of this will lead to >a lot of copies appearing in mail boxes. >Any current anti-virus detection will not pick this up - it may but it is >likely to evade them. > >The macro is named W97M.Melissa but as always these tend to mutate rather >easily.... > >The solution (as always) is not to open any suspect attachments > >Neil >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >* Dr Neil J Long, Computing Services, University of Oxford >* Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN, UK >* Tel: +44 1865 273232 Fax: +44 1865 273275 >* EMail: Neil.Long@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk ==== Irish-Canadian Mailing List ==== For links to sites on the web dealing with genealogy and the culture and history of the people who came from the island of Ireland to Canada check the links on the Home Page of the Irish Canadian Mailing List at location: http://members.tripod.com/~firstlight_2/irishcdn.htm --------------BB6DE21326--