Author: Flemming Rodler
Date: 09:43:43 05/04/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 09:15:46, Frederic Friedel wrote: >This is a real warning (not a hoax). The "LoveLetter" virus is >unfortunately quite genuine and has crippled the company of an >associate. It is completey new (discovered on May 4, 2000) and >is still being investigated at the Symantec virus center. My >associate is checking out the source to find out what it exactly >does. We will be hearing a lot about this virus soon. > >Here's a short description: > >VBS.LoveLetter.A is an email worm and a file infector. It will use >Microsoft Outlook and email itself out as an attachment with the >following subject line and attachment name: > >Subject of e-mail: ILOVEYOU >Name of attachment: LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs >Size of attachment: 10307 > >The body of the message will be >"kindly check the attached LOVELETTER coming from me." > >The virus will also infect files with the following extensions: vbs, vbe, >js, jse, css, wsh, sct, hta, jpg, jpeg, mp3, and mp2 > >You can find out more from >http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.loveletter.a.html > >------------------- >General warning: > >Do not open executable attachments to your emails, especially if >you do not have the latest virus protection. Even if you do treat any >executable attachment as a potentially hostile adversory, irrespective >of whom it is from (email worms send mail all by themselves from >an infected host). When I receive an email attachment that wants to >execute I treat it like a hooded man at my front door. Take off the >mask, identify yourself and let me do a quick virus scan -- then, if >your credentials are okay, you may enter. Im happy to be running Linux. /Flemming
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