[ILUG] New Virus warning

[Roy White]

Hey Guys,

	Of course its over loaded :-), they reckon this one could be fairly
bad. I can see people running for the hills already. We have received this
virus (but not infected) and are waiting on signature updates. At least
users are beginning to get sense :-). Your point about sending around a
source for hoax warnings is a good one though.

Regards

	Roy

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenn Humborg [mailto:kenn at bluetree.ie]
Sent: 04 May 2000 12:27
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: RE: [ILUG] New Virus warning


> Hi Guys,
>
> There seems to be a new email self-replicator going around , it
> arrives in
> with the SUBJECT:  ILOVEYOU.
>
> If you open it, it trawls through your address book and sends itself
> on....
>
> I don't know what the payload is yet...  If I come up with more info I'll
> forward it....

Given the number of stupid virus hoaxes that go around,
it's a good idea to include a URL to a definitive source
when passing on a warning like this.

   http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/index.html#loveleta

(The site seems overloaded right now.)

Unsupported virus warnings tend to incur the wrath of mail
admins, especially when sent to large numbers of people or
mailing lists.

Later,
Kenn


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