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Date Posted: 07:29:10 05/19/00 Fri
Author: Denise
Subject: E-Mail virus

guys there is another e-mail virus Please read This is no hoax, and it is even more destructive than the Love Bug. It will
wipe out ALL your files. For the time being do not open any "FW" files no matter how well you
think you know the sender:

NEW YORK -- A new virus has started eating its way through computers, and this one is both
smarter and more destructive than the worldwide "Love Bug" plague that inspired it, virus experts
said.

While the "Love Bug" was given away by the "ILOVEYOU" subject line of the e-mails that carried
it, the new virus changes subject lines every time it is sent. Also, it destroys most of the files on the
computers it infects, causing potentially catastrophic losses of data.

"Each time the virus spreads, it mutates itself to evade detection," Symantec Corp., an anti-virus
software maker, said in a statement from its Cupertino, Calif. offices.

The virus was detected at several large companies late Thursday, said Dave Perry, spokesman for
another anti-virus software maker, Trend Micro Inc., also based in Cupertino. At one company,
5,000 computers were infected, he said. He would not identify any of the companies affected.

The subject line of an infected e-mail starts with "FW: " and includes the name of a randomly chosen
attachment from a previous e-mail on an infected computer. The e-mail will have an attachment with
the same name, but ending in ".vbs."

Clicking on the attachment will activate the virus. Like "Love Bug," it will send it self to everybody in
the user's address book. It will then overwrite most files on the hard drive, rendering the computer
useless until the operating system is reinstalled.
the guy we get this info from is rarely wrong

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