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Message ID: 18359
Date: Fri May 5 07:41:13 BST 2000
Author: hho@bang-olufsen.dk
Subject: RE: ILOVEYOU! Virus warning


Hehe,
well, now im actually glad that I use lotus notes for mail here at work :o) I
recived the mail, early yesterday morning, but I realised just by the sender
combined with the subject of it that it was a virus.
If you dont launch your attachments, but just view them youre home free :o)

Musiker Silverdrum, Bertox


Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 10:55:04 -0400
From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <garramone@...>
Subject: RE: ILOVEYOU! Virus warning

Cox Communications got nailed by it hehe, even our MIS supervisor opened the
attachment. /boggle

Shada

> /ooc A rapidly spreading virus is sweeping across the world
> at an alarming rate.
> It has the subject "I LOVE YOU" and contains an attachment "A
> Love Letter For You". This attachment contains a Visual
> Basic virus which will do the following:
>
> Re-direct you IE homepage to www.skyinet.com
> Overwrite your .jpg, .css, .vbs, .mpg, .mp3 (amongst others)
> files and give them a .vbs extension. It is suspected that
> the virus will append itself to these files also.
> Propogate to all your contacts in your Outlook contacts list.