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> Hi Everybody, > > MICROSOFT is warning people of an invasive virus being spread by email. > People (including top corporate leaders) are taking this seriously and I > want to warn you so that you can avoid being infected or affecting > others. > > The Virus is contained in an email message with a subject line that > starts: > > Important Message From <name > > The message contains text to the effect: > " here is the document that you asked me for" > > There is a word attachment called list.doc > > DO NOT CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT TO OPEN IT. > > IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE JUST DELETE IT UNREAD > > The virus is brand new, if activated it takes names of people from your > address books and contacts lists and sends email from you to them and > thereby spreads the Virus. > It is known as W97Mailissa. > This is a real virus and not a false alarm. > > It is particularly aimed at Microsoft Word and Outlook users and is > spread by any mail system using MAPI calls but seems to cause most > disruption to Exchange users. > > When a user receives an infected message and opens the MS Word > attachment contained in it, the virus causes about 50 messages to be > sent in that users name to people selected from that users address books > and contact list. > > There are two key results of opening the affected MS Word attachment: > > 1. Corporate mail systems are overloaded and may fail due to the volume > of mail generated at peak times. > > 2. The individual is embarrassed because of the content of the emails > generated. The attachment contains addresses of sex sites on the > Internet with the implication that the named individual is a regular > visitor to them. > > Things you can do to avoid getting and/or spreading the virus: > > If you see a message with a subject line starting with > "Important Message From" delete it without reading it. > > If you get a message which contains the text "This is the > document you asked for ....don't show anyone else" > do not open the attachment but delete the message. > > Do not create any new mail messages using the words > " Important Message From" in the subject line. Otherwise the > recipient(s) will destroy your message, fearing that it contains the > virus. > > For those who have more info about this virus, please let me know. > For more information visit this site : > http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9903/28/email.virus/ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is the RPG/400 Discussion Mailing List! To submit a new * * message, send your mail to "RPG400-L@midrange.com". To unsubscribe * * from this list send email to MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe RPG400-L' in the body of your message. Questions should * * be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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