Hi All, Normally I don't forward Virus Alerts, however because this has been propagated by messages sent to one of my lists (which was bounced to me as list owner because that particular list does not allow attachments) I decided I should pass on Cathy's alert to all of my lists. I did verify this virus alert, and found it on my system as well. For more informtion on how this "W97M/Melisa", Worm/Macro/Word97 virus works and how to cure it see McAfee's web page: http://www.mcafee.com/ Follow the "Virus Alert" link in the left center of that page which will take you to: http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/melissa.asp I checked my system and found that I have been hit by it (list1.doc exists in my default attachment directory), but it has not been executed. I have identified who sent this virus to me and alerted that person directly who is using the "filenet.com" ISP. I received the virus infected message Fri, 26 Mar 1999 16:06:47 -0800. It was not forwarded by my system, as the message was caught by one of my email filters as "spam". One humorous(?) effect this virus has had is that it normally sends 50 email messages to propage itself. Although I have not been effected by it, by forwarding this alert I have forwarded "THE ALERT" to nearly 2000 people. Am I doing the same thing as the virus? You decide! The delete key works for everyone. Thanx Cathy for bringing this to our attention. Chris At 09:05 PM 3/27/99 PST, you wrote: >Got this from my niece who works in the computer industry and knows here >stuff. I alway check out virus warnings with her....most are jokes. >But this one is for real...and yes it works simply by opening your >email.....you don't have to download anything....simply open the email >and you have it. > >Just tonight (3/27/99) I heard it on the news also. It somehow sends >your email all over the place. She explains it below. > > >----Original Message Follows---- >Subject: Virus alert >Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:34:48 -0000 > >Don't open e-mail titled > >"Important message from <somename>" > >This e-mail contains a virus. Most e-mail readers today handle HTML and >JAVA. JAVA IS a kind of programming language. So, just opening an >e-mail with JAVA in it will cause the JAVA script to run, just >like a program. JAVA isn't the only example of such a language. > >Folks at my office got bit BIG time by this virus. It overloads >your mailer by sending out itself to 100 other e-mail addresses. > >Beth