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To: Thure Meyer who wrote (23122)	3/29/1999 8:41:00 AM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Thure- It's pretty busy right now: cert.org Overview At approximately 2:00 PM GMT-5 on Friday March 26 1999 we began receiving reports of a Microsoft Word 97 and Word 2000 macro virus which is propagating via email attachments. The number and variety of reports we have received indicate that this is a widespread attack affecting a variety of sites. Our analysis of this macro virus indicates that human action (in the form of a user opening an infected Word document) is required for this virus to propagate. It is possible that under some mailer configurations, a user might automatically open an infected document received in the form of an email attachment. This macro virus is not known to exploit any new vulnerabilities. While the primary transport mechanism of this virus is via email, any way of transferring files can also propagate the virus. Anti-virus software vendors have called this macro virus the Melissa macro or W97M_Melissa virus.