Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:59:32 05/05/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 20:16:35, Frederic Friedel wrote:
>Dear friends,
>
>On Thursday a Philippine schoolboy sent out an email message containing the "I
>love you virus". Within 24 hours this program had spread all around the world,
>clogging Internet mailing systems, deleting files and causing maybe a billion
>dollars of damage. Today we are being swamped by clones. CBS just reported that
>more than ten million computers have now been infected.
>
>What to do? In the media experts have been quick to offer bad or useless advice.
>Nobody mentions a simple, quick-fix solution which can implemented in just a few
>minutes. I have posted the details at
>
>http://www.chessbase.com/vcure/
>
>The page also contains a tiny program (159 bytes) that allows you to test
>whether the solution works on your system. If it does you are safe from the
>ILoveYou virus or any of the thousands of clones we are going to see in the next
>weeks and months.
I am using Windows 95 OSR2, and I have just discovered that my system CANNOT be
attacked by this virus.
The reason is that Windows 95 does not have the Windows Scripting feature! So
the virus cannot execute on my system.
As for the reason of me using Windows 95, if you want to know I can explain. I
am forced to use this system. I used to have W98 and W98SE, but I had to remove
them and install W95B again.
I'm not 100% sure of what I say. It is possible that some update from Microsoft
installs the Windows Scripting feature on your W95 system, who knows. just check
that you do not have the file WSCRIPT.EXE if you want to be sure.
Christophe
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