Thank you for the legitimate warning. Another good source for virus
information (both describing the real ones and exposing common hoaxes) is
http://www.mcaffee.com/ (a vendor of antivirus software).
http://www.snopes.com/ is also an interesting site documenting urban
legends and hoaxes.
"Be wise as serpents, but innocent as doves."
At 05:28 PM 10/19/99 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Just so everyone knows, there is apparently at least one mutant strain of
>Melissa now making the rounds.
>
>The email in question has a subject line entitled "pictures", the message
>"What's up?", and an attachment.
>
>If you open the attachment in Outlook Express, it will send itself to
>people in your address book (thus making it seem as though it comes from a
>trusted source) and will infect other files on your system. It also
>apparently erases system files, which is something the original strain did
>not do.
>
>The virus only works if you open the attachment. Just opening the email it
>is attached to will not infect your system.
>
>For more information, go to
>http://news.excite.com/news/zd/991018/14/melissa-mutations-keep.
>
>
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