To: Americo Burgos III who wrote (12658 ) 3/31/1999 9:06:00 AM From: allen v.w. Respond to of 40688
For everyone's info ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <risa_brandon@TIFFANY.COM> To: <Abrb> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 8:41 AM Subject: "Melissa" Virus Warning > > > > ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ > Subject: "Melissa" Virus Warning > Author: Eric Ziegler at pypo21 > Date: 3/30/99 12:17 PM > > > > > fyi > ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ > Subject: "Melissa" Virus Warning > Author: Michael Spinnato at PYPO19 > Date: 3/30/99 10:27 AM > > > Good Morning, This message is being sent to all Managers and above. > Please forward this message onto your respective staff. > > > MELISSA VIRUS WARNING > > > The Melissa Macro virus is reported by news services as spreading > throughout the Internet over the weekend. This virus is known to > impact Office 97 users, with no known cases impacting Office 95 users. > > The Melissa Macro Virus is usually contained in an e-mail message that > has the subject line: > "Important message from ..." > followed by the sender's name. > > The body of the message says: > "Here is the document you asked for ... don't show anyone else". > > DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS FROM E-MAIL MESSAGES THAT FIT THIS > DESCRIPTION AS THEY PROBABLY CONTAIN THE MELISSA MACRO VIRUS!!!. > DELETE THESE MESSAGES. > > If you feel the message may be a valid message, contact the sender and > verify that they are valid. If you are still not sure, forward the > message to the I.T. Help mailbox so that it can be checked for the > virus. > > In addition, be wary of documents sent from any senders asking you to > open up a file for Microsoft Word, that also asks whether you want to > initiate a macro. > > Should you feel you may have contracted the virus, call the Help Desk > at x7700. An indication that you have contracted the virus will be > that messages are being sent out automatically from your mailbox. > > ********************************************************************** > > Word 97 Users > > If you are a Word 97 user, to make sure you are protected from macro > viruses, perform the following: > > 1. Start Word. > 2. Choose the Tools, Options command, General tab. > 3. Check the Macro Virus Protection check box if it is not already > checked. > 4. Check the Confirm conversions at open check box if it is not > already checked. > 5. Choose the save tab. > 6. Check the Prompt to save Normal template check box. 4. Close the > dialog box. > > Whenever you open a document that contains macros, you will be > notified that there are macros in the document. You should only open a > document with macros if you are expecting there to be macros on that > document and you know what they are supposed to do. > > Sincerely, > Michael Spinnato > Manager, IT Help Center