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To: AlienTech who wrote (4538)	3/28/1999 12:08:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6021

‘Melissa' macro worms around Web msnbc.com

To: AlienTech who wrote (4538)	3/28/1999 12:20:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 6021

'Melissa' virus infections escalate Sixty sites reported stricken by Saturday. Expert: Come Monday 'this is going to be a major problem.' After hobbling computer industry heavyweights such as Microsoft, Intel and Lucent Technologies on Friday, the little known macro virus rampaged through dozens of other companies during the weekend. "We have gotten reports from 60 or 70 sites so far," said Jeff Carpenter, the team leader for incident response at Carnegie Mellon's CERT Coordination Center. "These organizations have hundreds and thousands of machines that can't get e-mail." zdnet.com

To: AlienTech who wrote (4538)	3/28/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 6021

'Melissa' virus swamps corporate e-mail Virus spreads like wildfire, victimizing Microsoft, Intel, many others. A number of Microsoft Corp. Outlook/Exchange customers -- including Microsoft and Intel Corp. -- are being hit hard by a macro virus that is replicating infected pornography-related [???????????] information throughout corporate email systems. zdnet.com Microsoft e-mail suspended At Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), the company suspended all incoming and outgoing Internet mail Friday.