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A Message form Symantec (Norton Antivirus)

2000-05-09 10:14:38
Subject: A Message form Symantec (Norton Antivirus)
From: Sean Duffy <sduffy AT TORSEL.ALCATEL DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:14:38 -0400
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>Subject:      ** NORTON ANTIVIRUS SUPPORTNOW! BULLETIN **
>To: NAV-TECHINFO-L AT lserver.symantec DOT com
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 05:50:26 -0400
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>May 8, 2000
>**************************************************************
>
>This is a special Norton AntiVirus SupportNow! Bulletin regarding the
>VBS.LoveLetter.x worm.
>
>**************************************************************
>
>More LoveLetter Worm Variants Appear
>
>On Thursday, May 4, 2000, the first strain of the LoveLetter worm
>(VBS.LoveLetter.A) was discovered. Within a matter of hours, the
>Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) had provided a virus
>definition that could be obtained through LiveUpdate. Using Norton
>AntiVirus with these updated definitions would detect this worm and
>allow you to delete any infected files.
>
>By the end of the Friday business day, eight distinct strains of the
>LoveLetter worm were reported. All strains were detected by the
>latest virus definitions. Once detected these files can be deleted by
>Norton AntiVirus (NAV). However, due to the nature of the worm,
>changes made to the Windows egistry could not be reversed by NAV. At
>this point, SARC released a repair tool that would repair the damage
>to the Windows registry.
>
>Over the weekend, additional variants of the worm were discovered
>bringing the total count to 19. One of these variants falsely claimed
>to come from Symantec technical support. As a result of this, we are
>asking that you open your news bulletins in text-only format, rather
>than in HTML format. This will ensure that any link seen in this
>newsletter has not been tampered with. We are also evaluating ways to
>digitally sign these news bulletins to ensure their authenticity.
>
>Finally, it has been discovered that the latest variant,
>VBS.LoveLetter.S, is not being detected with the 5/5/00 virus
>definitions. A new set of definitions was released today that will
>detect all variants of this worm. Run LiveUpdate to update your virus
>definitions. You can review instructions on performing a LiveUpdate
>from the following Internet location:
>
>http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav40
>
>Updated information about this worm, including instructions for using
>the repair tool can be found at the following Internet location:
>
>http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav41
>
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