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2000-05-11 17:19:27
Subject: Update
From: Sean Duffy <sduffy AT TORSEL.ALCATEL DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:19:27 -0400
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.friendmess.html

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
Varriant Test, Yeah, Yeah another time to DEATH, Recent Attacks-Fix,
PresenteUOL, IMPORTANT:Offical virus and bug fix, NEUE ANTI-VIRUS-LISTE,
LOOK, New Variation on LOVEBUG Update Anti-Virus, Bug and Virus Fix

This is in addition to prevrious warning from Helpdesk and Myself about emails
with the subject containing ILOVE YOU, LOVELETTER, Very Funny, fwd:Joke or Joke,
Mothers Day Order Confirmation, Susitikim shi vakara kavos puodukui..., Important! Read
Carefully!!, Dangerous Virus Warning, Virus Alert!!!, How to protect yourself from
the IL0VEY0U bug!,I Cant Believe This!!!, Thank You For Flying With Arab Airlines,
and Bewerbung Kreolina.

Here is a link to Norton Antivirus with details on the loveletter virus:

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.

Sensable Security Solutions


http://www.canada-av.com/

also has a detailed account of the loveletter virus including a Unix version Unix/LoveLetter.A,
as well as a new major version they refer to as VBS.Loveletter.Y with the subject line of Image of the Millenium. Please refer to Virus Alert - May 5 2000 - VBS.LoveLetter Variants (Updated May 9) for details.

Also Symantec and Sensable Security Solutions are also reporting on VBS.Friendmess.A which is a new virus based on the VBS.Loveletter.A virus.

Here is a link to Symantec's description of this virus:

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

Sean Duffy
Network Analyst
Alcatel Canada, TA

mailto:sduffy AT torsel.alcatel DOT com
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