Forum Archive Index - May 2000

[Michael Bartrom <michaelb@bca.co.nz>]

RECOMMENDATION/PROTECTION:
Symantec Antivirus Research Center (SARC) researchers have analysed this
worm and have a complete virus definition set available at: 
*       www.symantecstore.com/Pages/Support/CSsupport.html
*       www.digitalriver.com/symantec


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Ewert [SMTP:gewert@wai.quik.co.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 5 May 2000 11:03
> To:   sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> Subject:      Re: [sharechat] VIRUS WARNING
> 
> Thanks Nigel.How do we find Symantecs web site?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel McCarter" <n.mccarter@clear.net.nz>
> To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:21 AM
> Subject: [sharechat] VIRUS WARNING
> 
> 
> > You may have heard on the news this morning that a new email virus is
> > rapidly making its way
> > around the world.  It comes as a message with the title ILOVEYOU, and
> > contains an attachment
> > which, if opened, will send itself on to everybody in the address book
> of
> > people using the Microsoft
> > Outlook mail client.  As NIWA is in general not using Microsoft Outlook
> we
> > are immune from this,
> > however staff are likely to receive numbers of these messages from
> people
> > in other organisations
> > and these are going to have nuisance value - one staff member at Greta
> > Point has received 3
> > already this morning.
> >
> > The Norton Antivirus definitions have not yet been updated to recognise
> > this virus - I will make them
> > available as soon as they appear on Symantec's web site.
> >
> > Meanwhile if you receive an email that has any of the following
> > characteristics:
> >
> > Subject:  ILOVEYOU
> > Body: Kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me
> > Attachment:  LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs
> >
> >  - please resist the temptation to see who it comes from and delete it
> > without opening it.
> >
> > Nigel McCarter
> > Safety Management and Information Services Ltd
> > Box 23 019 Hamilton
> > Phone 64 7 858 2429 Fax 64 858 2689
> > Mobile 02 212 4901
> >
> >
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