[PyrNet-L] Fw: VERY URGENT--' "I LOVE YOU" POST--VIRUS!!!!

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

Subject: Re: VERY URGENT--' "I LOVE YOU" POST--VIRUS!!!!


> Just thought I would send out this info on the "bug".  This bug
may have gone
> out to the whole Beardie List, as I also got it addressed to
the list.
>
> Europe Hit by New 'Love Bug' Computer Virus
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Updated
> 9:15 AM ET May 4, 2000
>
>    By Mark Bendeich
>
>    LONDON (Reuters) - A new computer virus dubbed the "Love
Bug" is causing
> havoc with many European computer systems, closing down email
servers at
> companies and Britain's parliament.
>
>    London's House of Commons was the latest UK organization to
succumb to the
> virus, which has been likened to the Melissa virus which caused
chaos in the
> United States last year.
>
>    The lower House of Commons shut down its email system for
about two hours on
> Thursday to safeguard against the virus.
>
>    Britain's Consumers Association and a major anti-virus firm
said they had
> also been bombarded by calls from businesses whose email
servers had been hit
> by a blizzard of messages.
>
>    The new virus originates in an email entitled "I love you."
Once the
> attachment is launched, the virus sends copies of the same
email to everybody
> listed in the user's address book.
>
>    The Melissa virus operated on the same principle, infecting
about a million
> computers, clogging whole networks in the United States and
causing $80 million
> in damage.
>
>    Anti-virus firm Symantec said it had already released an
update to its
> software to combat the virus, but warned computer users not to
open any "I love
> you" messages.
>
>    British Internet service provider Freeserve said it had set
up a filter to
> screen out any amorous emails with the words  "I love you."
>
>    "I've not heard of any problems so far -- fingers crossed,"
a Freeserve
> spokesman told Reuters.
>
>    Dutch IT consultancy Ordina Beheer NV was also hit by the
virus on Thursday.
>
>    Ordina confirmed it had received emails containing the
virus, but said it
> had shut down its network servers to avoid passing it on to
customers or other
> correspondents.
>
>    The virus reportedly originated in the Philippines and has
also been
> nicknamed the "Killer from Manila," but anti-virus experts do
not hold out much
> hope that the culprit who created it will be found.
>
>
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