As I understand it, you're not supposed to open any attachments with the
subject line:  "Important Message from ..."  and then it says who sent it
to you (in other words, who last opened the message that sent it to the
first 50 people in their address book).  So I've been checking the subject
headings before I open my emails, since.  If it were to say "Important
Message from (someone I know)", I would email them and ask if they sent me
a message with that subject line first, before opening it.

At 08:35 AM 4/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>ISM, Are you saying don't open any attachments ?KJP
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: I. STEPHEN MARGOLIS <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 7:13 AM
>Subject: More Melissa Virus
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>>THIS LOOKS SERIOUS.
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>>Try not to open attachments.  Check with friends first.  (The virus steals
>>up to 50 listings from your address books and sends out e-mails using your
>>name.   Ask them to  send you open texts.
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>>You may want to visit:
>><(http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3237.html)>
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>>ISM
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>>TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999
>>Melissa Gets Meaner ...
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>>MELISSA GETTING MORE DESTRUCTIVE
>>New, more destructive variants are changing the rules in the Melissa virus
>>we told you about yesterday.  Confirming security experts' fears, the macro
>>virus is mutating into more devious and potentially destructive variants.
>>For instance, a variant with a blank subject line has emerged and there's
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>>Excel variant that seems to affect several messaging programs, not just
>>Microsoft Outlook. But according to the experts, the best fix still holds
>>true: Don't open a macro in an email attachment.
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