Perky/Pinky, 1. Thnx for posting in plain text. 2. Update and run anti virus. 3. The Great Computer Powers are subduing Mellissa, though the malicious may be generating clones. Virii mutate. 4. I posted to buttress other postings that imho Melissa was not a hoax. Believe Trisha-Wicca was first to warn. 5. At that time the best safety was not to open attachments. 6. Whether Melissa infects depends on the age/type of your system, software, etc. 7. Any attachment can contain a virus. As in other realms of life: always open with care. 8. If you want to make an effort to inform yourself you may want to visit <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/special/melissavirus.html>. ISM Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 08:35:24 -0500 From: Perk <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: More Melissa Virus ISM, Are you saying don't open any attachments ?KJP -----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 >THIS LOOKS SERIOUS. > >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. > >You may want to visit: ><(http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3237.html)> > >ISM > >TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 >Melissa Gets Meaner ... > >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 an >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. >