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To: Doug Coughlan who wrote (2636)	3/29/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: RagTimeBand	Read Replies (2) of 110635

"Melissa" Macro Virus From The LangaList 28-Mar-99 This is a nasty macro virus that rides along in a Word document attached to email. When you open the document, the virus grabs 50 names from an Outlook or Outlook Express email address book, replicates itself, and sends off the new messages. It's more of an annoyance than anything else; it does no direct harm, but can clog email servers that suddenly have to handle large numbers of replicating messages. The emails originally making the rounds with this virus carried the subject line "Important Message From..." and the body of the mail, said "Here is that document you asked for ... don't show it to anyone else ;-)." If you get such an email, just delete it, and you'll have no problem. Obviously, it's also not a problem if you don't use Word, or one of the Outlook variants. SUBSCRIBE (it's free!): Send email to subscribe-langalist@lists.dundee.net

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