-----Original Message----- From: Karen Winter & Sylvia Stevens <labrat@pacbell.net> To: ELLIS-L@rootsweb.com <ELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [ELLIS-L] Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) virus >I add my voice to the warning and add the clarification, the <username> >field will be *someone you know*! The reason for this is that the melissa >Virus propagates via people's address books in their email programs. >Outlook is the one most seriously affected. the virus gets into Outlook, >then (if opened) goes to Word or Office 2000 and disables security >settings and password protections, making your entire system mor4e >ulnerable to attack at a later date. This isn't another hoax message, I >fear, I've been checking all over the Net and it's "the Big One", in the >words of one antivirus programmer. it shut down Microsoft over the >weekend! Since we, on mailing lists *often* have our addressbooks full of >other listmembers, this makes us especially vulnerable. Don't open an >attachment, even from a friend, until it's checked out. I leave the >message below intact for the info to go out again. > >Sylvia > >At 08:12 AM 3/29/99 -0500, Don & Peggy Nutt wrote: >>There is a very serious virus named Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) that is now >>making the rounds. If you get an e-mail with the subject line: >> "Important Message From USERNAME" >>and the body of the e-mail message says: >> "Here is that document you asked for ..." >> >>DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!!! >>IMMEDIATELY DELETE BOTH THE E-MAIL MESSAGE AND THE ATTACHED FILE. >> >>Double-clicking on the link below will take you to Symantec's U.S. site >>where you can read more about the Mailissa (a.k.a. Melissa) virus. >> >><http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mailissa.html> >> >>Don Nutt >><http://www.dnutt.com> >> >> >