[ILUG] Basic virus protection

From: John Kelly (john at domain frontend.com)
Date: Thu 04 May 2000 - 13:38:15 IST


For a simple (all meanings of the word) fix to protect your mail server from
the virus, go to

http://www2.sendmail.com/alert/melissa/

Just change the string it searches the subject for to read ILOVEYOU.
This'll only last as long as it takes for someone to modify the script, but
at least by then you should have had time to recover.

- John

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John Kelly

Frontend - Usability Engineering & Interface Design
40 Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland

email john.kelly at domain frontend.com
tel +353 1 24 11 631
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