Original Posted By: Greg Yotz
Subject: Pietenpol-List: !!Warning !!There was just now a segment on Good Morning America about this Virus. Thisthing is shutting down servers and users all across the USA, UK, and Canada.Robert Hensarlinghttp://www.mesquite-furniture.comrhrocker(at)admin.hilconet.comUvalde, Texas>>>Hi Gang:>There is a new computer virus spreading like "wild fire" If you get an>E-mail titled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM..." Followed by the name of someone>you know DELETE IT!! it is a virus. Crashing servers and P.C.'s Once it>infects a system it takes the first 50 names off your E-mail adress bookand>sends itself to those people, and says "Important Message From (your name).>Please if you get somthing like this do not open it, Delete it.>>John Duprey>>"the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient">>>_______________________________________________________>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: !!Warning !!
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Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands
Subject: Pietenpol-List: !!Warning !!>>>Hi Gang:>There is a new computer virus spreading like "wild fire" If you get an>E-mail titled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM..." Followed by the name of someone>you know DELETE IT!! it is a virus. Crashing servers and P.C.'s Once it>infects a system it takes the first 50 names off your E-mail adress bookand>sends itself to those people, and says "Important Message From (your name).>Please if you get somthing like this do not open it, Delete it.>>John Duprey>>"the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient">>>_______________________________________________________>>________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: !!Warning !!>>>Hi Gang:>There is a new computer virus spreading like "wild fire" If you get an>E-mail titled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM..." Followed by the name of someone>you know DELETE IT!! it is a virus. Crashing servers and P.C.'s Once it>infects a system it takes the first 50 names off your E-mail adress bookand>sends itself to those people, and says "Important Message From (your name).>Please if you get somthing like this do not open it, Delete it.>>John Duprey>>"the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient">>>_______________________________________________________>>________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: robert hensarling
Hi Gang: There is a new computer virus spreading like "wild fire" If you get anE-mail titled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM..." Followed by the name of someoneyou know DELETE IT!! it is a virus. Crashing servers and P.C.'s Once itinfects a system it takes the first 50 names off your E-mail adress book andsends itself to those people, and says "Important Message From (your name).Please if you get somthing like this do not open it, Delete it.John Duprey "the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient"________________________________________________________________________________
Hi Gang: There is a new computer virus spreading like "wild fire" If you get anE-mail titled "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM..." Followed by the name of someoneyou know DELETE IT!! it is a virus. Crashing servers and P.C.'s Once itinfects a system it takes the first 50 names off your E-mail adress book andsends itself to those people, and says "Important Message From (your name).Please if you get somthing like this do not open it, Delete it.John Duprey "the Ox is slow, but the Earth is patient"________________________________________________________________________________
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Original Posted By: John Duprey
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Original Posted By: John Duprey
Guys; I have seen this virus warning all over the news shows and it is a biter!Oddly enough, it has caused a lot of harm to the computer companies internale-mail. It is not supposed to leak out to the general public,but.........this virus is called "Mellisa"......Earl MyersPS: If any one gets that "Happy 99" worm/virus again, I have a quick, easyand free "pill" to use to get rid of it.-----Original Message-----
Guys; I have seen this virus warning all over the news shows and it is a biter!Oddly enough, it has caused a lot of harm to the computer companies internale-mail. It is not supposed to leak out to the general public,but.........this virus is called "Mellisa"......Earl MyersPS: If any one gets that "Happy 99" worm/virus again, I have a quick, easyand free "pill" to use to get rid of it.-----Original Message-----
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Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Earl Myers wrote:> Guys;> I have seen this virus warning all over the news shows and it is a biter!> Oddly enough, it has caused a lot of harm to the computer companies internal> e-mail. It is not supposed to leak out to the general public,> but.........this virus is called "Mellisa"......> Earl MyersHuh!?! Sure the name is right in the infected file which the generalpublic has pretty much full access to:>SNIP Email | Word 97 Word 2000 ... it's a new age! Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for usingall my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here.>SNIP<Nice to know the author has a sence of humour (and watches the Simpsons)Fortunately, UNIX/LINUX systems are immune to most of these annoyingviruses. It becomes quite trivial to save the document and run a stringscommand against it. However, the UNIX servers are not imune to the loadthat the volume of mail imposes on them in these sorts of SPAM viruses.Ken________________________________________________________________________________
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Earl Myers wrote:> Guys;> I have seen this virus warning all over the news shows and it is a biter!> Oddly enough, it has caused a lot of harm to the computer companies internal> e-mail. It is not supposed to leak out to the general public,> but.........this virus is called "Mellisa"......> Earl MyersHuh!?! Sure the name is right in the infected file which the generalpublic has pretty much full access to:>SNIP Email | Word 97 Word 2000 ... it's a new age! Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for usingall my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here.>SNIP<Nice to know the author has a sence of humour (and watches the Simpsons)Fortunately, UNIX/LINUX systems are immune to most of these annoyingviruses. It becomes quite trivial to save the document and run a stringscommand against it. However, the UNIX servers are not imune to the loadthat the volume of mail imposes on them in these sorts of SPAM viruses.Ken________________________________________________________________________________