Here is some news I wanted to pass along.

Christopher McMillan
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Sent:   Thursday, June 10, 1999 8:24 AM
To:     Latest Win NT News
Subject:        URGENT!  NTools E-NewsFlash  NEW VIRUS - READ THIS

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URGENT!  NTools E-NewsFlash  NEW VIRUS - READ THIS
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Hi All,
A new, very nasty melissa-type virus just hit us.
If you get a message that looks like this:
"Hi!
I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP.  Till then, please
take a look at the attached zipped docs.  bye.
<<zipped_files.exe>>"
Under no circumstance click on the attachment. It will Nuke all Excel and
Word files it can find, and redo it every 30 minutes. This is a very nasty
one.
It nestles itself in the \WINNT\System32\ directory
and the culprit is called Explore.exe
Also, you need to get rid of a key in the registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\Windows  and
delete run= C:\WINNT\System32\explore.exe.
I'm sure there will be much more said about this, but
for the moment, warn all your users, and do not open
that attachment!!!  Deleting the email without opening
that attachment will cause no further harm
This is hammered out in a hurry, and is just a heads up. Sorry if we are not
complete as yet. Time is of the utmost essence! Check the websites of your
anti-virus software vendors for more detail.
Warm regards,

Stu




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