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Update - I Love You Virus/Worm

2000-05-08 09:27:25
Subject: Update - I Love You Virus/Worm
From: Sean Duffy <sduffy AT TORSEL.ALCATEL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 09:27:25 -0400
Ladies and Gentlemen

Please note serveral more new varriants of the LOVELETTER Virus/Worm
have been detected. Please do not open any email with the subject
containg How to protect yourself from the IL0VEY0U bug!,I Cant Believe
This!!!, Thank You For Flying With Arab Airlines, and Bewerbung Kreolina.

This is in addition to prevrious warning from Helpdesk and Myself about emails
with the subject LOVELETTER, VERY FUNNY, JOKE, MOTHERS DAY ORDER
CONFIRMATION, Susitikim shi vakara kavos puodukui..., Important! Read
Carefully, Dangerous Virus Warning, Virus Alert!!!.

Here is a link to Norton Antivirus with details on all the varriants
currently known:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.loveletter.a.html

Norton has also created a fixtool called fixlove.exe. You can download
this tool from:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/fix.vbs.loveletter.html

The above page includes instructions for the use of this tool.

Sean Duffy
Network Analyst
Alcatel Canada, TA

mailto:sduffy AT torsel.alcatel DOT com
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