>From: Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: VIRUS ALERT-- (Do NOT open email with "I Love You" in subject >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Status: > >May 4, 2000 > >'I Love You' E-Mail Virus Attacks >Computer Systems World-Wide > >Dow Jones Newswires > > >HONG KONG -- A computer virus spread by e-mail messages bearing the >title "I Love You" spread through Asian businesses Thursday >afternoon, and appeared to be quickly tainting computer systems >world-wide. > >If the attachment holding the virus is opened, the virus apparently >multiplies by finding other e-mail addresses and prompting the >computer to generate new e-mail. Victims sometimes receive dozens of >e-mail messages, all contaminated with the virus. > >The virus, which appeared in Hong Kong late Thursday afternoon, >seemed to particularly hit, among other businesses, public relations >firms and investment banks. Dow Jones and the Asian Wall Street >Journal offices in Asia were among its victims. > >In Hong Kong, Nomura International Ltd. is receiving the e-mail >virus, an analyst said. The virus has created a lot of damage in >Nomura's London office, he said. "It just multiplies through the >system and eradicates whole address books," the analyst said. > >Simon Flint, currency strategist at Bank of America in Singapore, >said he has received e-mail messages warning him of the virus but >hasn't received the actual virus. > >Louis Proyect > >(The Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org) __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
