ATTN: List Researchers FYI, below is info about the latest virus. http://news.excite.com/news/zd/000504/09/iloveyou-e-mail-worm ILOVEYOU e-mail worm invades PCs, Updated 9:55 AM ET May 4, 2000, by Margaret Kane, ZDNet News, Melissa-like e-mail worm, bearing the title ILOVEYOU,' is sweeping through Asia and has been reported in the U.S. and the UK., A new Melissa-like e-mail worm has spread through Asia and Europe via e-mail messages titled "ILOVEYOU." , A spokeswoman for anti-virus company Symantec Corp. told ZDNet UK that the virus "seems to be very widespread" and that four major, European corporations have had serious problems with their e-mail systems due to the worm. , Dow Jones reported this morning that the worm affected Hong Kong and Singapore, and appeared to have hit investment banks and public relations, firms particularly hard. The wire service said that Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) shut its outgoing mail server 11 minutes after receiving the virus to, prevent it from spreading any further. , And there are reports that it has begun to spread to the United States. , Symantec said it has reports of more than 1,000 infections. The bug, which the company called VBS.LoveLetter.A, uses Microsoft Outlook to, replicate itself, sending messages with the message "kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me." , The name of the attachment is "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs." , Once the attachment is opened, the worm replicates itself and adds several files to the user's computer. , The file may have originated from a user dubbed "spyder" in the Philippines. The text of the virus script also contains the phrase "i hate to go to, school." , Numerous anti-viral sites, such as Symantec's Antivirus Research Center, say a fix is pending. , Melissa brought worldwide attention to the problems of computer viruses when it struck e-mail systems in March 1999. The program knocked out, e-mail servers at dozens of corporations and is estimated to have caused millions of dollars' worth of damage. , David L. Smith, the alleged author of the Melissa virus, was recently arraigned in a New Jersey court on charges of interruption to public, communications, conspiracy to commit the offense and attempt to commit the offense., Related Links:, 'I love you' e-mail virus spreading, What the experts think, Get the latest Net news , Related Stories, ILOVEYOU e-mail worm invades PCs (May 4 8:20 am ET), , Archive: Fri May 5 Thu 4 Wed 3 Tue 2 Mon 1 Sun Apr 30 Sat 29 Be careful. Bill Caddell Listowner