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To: Phantom Dialer who wrote (1881)	3/30/1999 8:28:00 PM
From: Phantom Dialer	Respond to of 3086

Well well....what a busy couple of says for our friends at NETA: Melissa tracked to user name 'Sky Roket' By Dick Satran SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (Reuters) - The search for the creator of the widespread Melissa computer virus turned up a suspect in the form of online user name ''Sky Roket'' Tuesday. But as investigators delved into the mysterious world of computer hackers and virus writers, ''Sky Roket'' turned out to be a virtual criminal, and not a real one. The name had been stolen from an America Online Inc. user. The computer virus Melissa, described as the most widespread ever seen, hit the Internet Monday, forcing some companies to shut electronic mail systems and prompting an investigation by the FBI cybercrime unit. Computer security giant Network Associates Inc. said Tuesday it was able to link Sky Roket to Melissa and a series of other computer viruses going back more than a year. But the Sky Roket name was found to have been stolen from an AOL user. Skilled hackers are known to steal passwords routinely, either to use online services for free or to help cover other illegal online activities like hacking. ''It was not the person who owns the Sky Roket address who created Melissa, but a person who had stolen that i dentity,'' said Sol Viveros, a marketing manager for Network Associates. The Sky Roket name was turned up first in Norway on a computer bulletin board on sex subjects, he said. The online ''suspect'' was further identified by a Global User Identification Number, which is embedded in Microsoft Corp. software. But a Microsoft spokeswoman said, ''We do not currently use that technology, and there is no way to know if that was the person's serial ID or not.'' Network Associates said it turned over the information about Sky Roket to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which assigned a high priority to the case Monday. Computer security experts, government agencies and software companies were at work Tuesday trying various ways to identify the creator of the Melissa virus that hit hundreds of thousands of computers at the start of the work week. The FBI would not comment further on its search for the hacker who had wreaked havoc on the Internet. The Melissa virus invaded thousands of computers and then sent out e-mails from the target computer's address books. The search is being narrowed with help of telltale signs that include the hacker's mode of operating, from backtracking the way the virus spread over the Internet and by picking apart the programming makeup of the virus itself. So far, it has been rare for investigators to apprehend virus perpetrators. But Network Associates' Viveros said ''with all of the media attention on this one, and the FBI making it such a high priority, I think they will find the person.'' The virus greeted huge numbers of workers as they signed on to their e-mail systems at the start of the work week, spreading more quickly than any other virus in the history, according to computer experts. The virus used a high-powered automation technology built into most personal computers. Often disguised as a message from a friend or colleague, Melissa took the form of a simple e-mail sent to unsuspecting users, saying ''Important message from....'' But when users open the message, it caused a flood of new e-mails to be sent over the Internet from the reader's own online address book. Using the powerful ''macro'' automation software built into millions of computers using Microsoft's Windows operating system, the macro automatically triggered up to 50 new e-mails. It led to the shutdown of computer e-mail systems and a flood of e-mails over the Internet starting last Friday.

To: Phantom Dialer who wrote (1881)	3/30/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: j.oil	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3086

Well Phantom this kind of reminds me of Stampede Wrestling(Western Canada) back in the 70's.The fan favorite (I think it was Dan Croft) said if he couldn't beat a certain wrestler(I believe Torr Kamatta) he would leave town for ever.Well Phantom lets just say I hope you have a better fate.I did like the volume today,and I like the fact that it came back at the end of the day.It looks to me that Jawz is ready to move to the next level,I would just like a chance to get a little more before it happens. Pulling for PD J.oil PS I am getting old if I can remember Stampede Wrestling with that much clarity