Hi All,
I haven't heard mention of the Melissa virus on this
list yet. Most of us are probably using software which is
too "low tech" for this kind of thing. <g> We're avoiding
enemy fire by flying low. Hehe. The term "stealth
technology" comes to mind when using DOS. <VBG>
This virus has spread so fast from Friday to Saturday,
that it has even brought down Microsoft's mail system!
For those of you who want to read more about it, here's a
URL for the story on Zdnet, but there's lots of talk out
there. Also information at McAfee, and Datafellows.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2233030,00.html
Here's some of last nights story from Zdnet:
---- ZDNN: 'Melissa' virus swamps corporate e-mail ----
Virus spreads like wildfire, victimizing Microsoft,
Intel, many others.
By Mary Jo Foley, Sm@rt Reseller, and Lisa M. Bowman,
ZDNN March 26, 1999 6:07 PM PT
UPDATED 6:42 PM PT
A number of Microsoft Corp. Outlook/Exchange customers --
including Microsoft and Intel Corp. -- are being hit hard
by a macro virus that is replicating infected
pornography-related information throughout corporate email
systems.
The virus, which was identified by Network Associates
Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) as 'Melissa,' originated in Western
Europe and was first discovered on the alt.sex newsgroup.
Computer security experts said the virus wreaked havoc
with corporate e-mail as it sped across the Internet on
Friday.
"The proliferation of this virus is something we've
never seen before," said Srivats Sampath, general manager
of Network Associates' McAfee unit.
"Because there's so much e-mail passing through a
server, it's basically taking down the servers," Sampath
said. He added that twenty large companies had been
infected by late afternoon, including one that saw 60,000
users affected.
Microsoft e-mail suspended
At Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), the company suspended all
incoming and outgoing Internet mail Friday.
"We're a victim, like any other company on the
outside," of this virus, said a Microsoft spokesman.
The spokesman said Microsoft's product support division
has been in contact all day via e-mail and phone with
Microsoft's customers and partners, alerting them about
the virus.
"We made an IT (information technology) decision in the
early afternoon and agreed it was pro-customer and
pro-partner to shut down our Internet mail portion. As
soon as we feel tight on this, probably in the next few
hours, we will turn this back on and process all the mail
in the queue."
At least one division of Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC) also
reported problems resulting from the macro virus. A public
relations spokesperson acknowledged that some of the
company's e-mail servers had gone down as a result.
--------- more at Zdnet ----------------------
Cheers, and happy DOSsing!
Ole Juul
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