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The Cited Sources Below are only short clips to stear you to a variety of web sites to help with the learning and solving of this virus, these URLS and clips have been sent by several members just so we can have a collection index of where there is help !!

Only short clips are here to avoid copyrights .

This page that gives the entire story. It outlines the history

and the problems. It also gives the .dat files necessary to get rid of

it, but, unfortunately, they are only for McAfee Scan AntiVirus

http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/melissa.asp

CITING SOURCE

Subject: Virus Update! Please read this message!

Importance: High

Virus Update!

Further information about the "Melissa" mail virus

We have learned more details about the spread of a malicious new macro

virus called "Melissa". This is a serious virus threat and is definitely

not a hoax.

According to antivirus resource sites, the virus primarily effects users

with Microsoft Outlook mail client and Word 97. However, in order to be

safe, all e-mail users should pay close attention to this issue.

The following article from InfoWorld magazine online describes the virus'actions

Posted at 4:43 PM PT, Mar 26, 1999

A crippling and embarrassing virus has spent the day marauding countless

e-mail inboxes around the world, replicating itself to end-user address

books and sending an exhaustive list of pornographic Web sites to

everyone therein.

Dubbed the "Melissa" virus, the culprit has hampered -- and in some cases

entirely shut down -- e-mail systems for companies the world over. For

example, Microsoft has put a halt to all outgoing e-mails throughout the

company.

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Listed below are several articles about the Melissa virus if you would

like to learn more about it.

InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990326.wcvirus.htm

Symantec

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/mailissa.html

CITING SOURCE

Carnegie Mellon University and the Software Engineering Institute

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1999-04.html

CERTr Advisory CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus

Original issue date: Saturday March 27 1999

Last Revised: Sunday March 28, 1999

Systems Affected

Machines with Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000

Any mail handling system could experience performance problems or a denial of

service as a result of the propagation of this macro virus.

CERT/CC Contact Information

Email: cert@cert.org

Phone: +1 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)

Fax: +1 412-268-6989

Using encryption

We strongly urge you to encrypt sensitive information sent by email. Our

public PGP key is available from http://www.cert.org/CERT_PGP.key. If you

prefer to use DES, please call the CERT hotline for more information.

CITING SOURCES

Systems Could Be Hit by 'Melissa' Virus

By CHRIS ALLBRITTON

.c The Associated Press

NEW YORK (March 29) -- The e-mail might be smiling but the danger is real.

Security experts are warning computer users to be on guard today for

''important'' e-mail messages that carry a damaging computer virus called

''Melissa.''

Melissa, heralded by symbols that form a winking smiley face, usually contains

the subject line, ''Important message,'' and the body says ''Here is that

document you asked for ... don't show it to anyone else.''

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NOTE: CERT information about the Melissa virus is available on the Web at

Microsoft has a patch available at

Related Sites

Network Associates: Melissa Virus Alert

McAfee Online : Melissa Virus Profile

Trend Micro: Melissa Virus Alert

Microsoft Security Bulletin: Patch for Word Macro Problem

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