McAfee.com Dispatch - VIRUS ALERT ----- Original Message ----- From: McAfee.com Dispatch To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 4:37 PM Subject: VIRUS ALERT - W97M/[email protected] VIRUS ALERT - W97M/[email protected] Dear McAfee.com Dispatch Subscriber: W97M/[email protected] is a variant of the W97M/Melissa family with a very dangerous payload. McAfee AVERT has given it a risk assessment of MEDIUM--ON WATCH. This is a worm and it spreads through email with an attachment in this format: Subject: Resume - Janet Simons To: Director of Sales/Marketing, Message: Attached is my resume with a list of references contained within. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any further questions regarding my experience. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Janet Simons. Attachment: Explorer.doc If the file EXPLORER.DOC is opened, it forwards itself to everyone in your address book. When you close the attachment, it deletes files on your hard-drive. Please do not open the attachment. For more information about this worm, go to McAfee.com Virus Information Library. McAfee.com -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: If this message has been passed on to you by a friend and you would like to subscribe to the McAfee.com Dispatch, click here. Unsubscribe: If you do not want to receive the McAfee.com Dispatch in the future, click here. This Virus Alert has been issued by the McAfee Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT). Click here to view our permission marketing policy. Trademarks 2000 McAfee.com Corporation / All Rights Reserved. Virus Fixes Find out more about this virus. Click here. Become a McAfee.com Clinic subscriber and check your system online. To use VirusScan Online, click here. Purchase the latest copy of VirusScan, please click here. Upgrade to the latest VirusScan. Purchase the VirusScan Maintenance Plan which entitles you to 12 months of upgrades, click here. Download the latest DAT files, click here. Clinic Subscribers If you are an ActiveShield user, get the latest update. Click here. Surf the Web safely. Get McAfee.com Personal Firewall. Click here.