[10005] in bugtraq
Melissa Macro Virus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aleph One)
Fri Mar 26 19:17:29 1999
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:05:51 -0800
Reply-To: Aleph One <aleph1@UNDERGROUND.ORG>
From: Aleph One <aleph1@UNDERGROUND.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
I normally don't allow virus posts through the list as they seldom represent
a new threat, just a new example of an already existing one, but this one
is getting enough play to warrant a message.
There is a new Word macro virus circulating called Melissa. The virus
propagates via email. Attached to the email is a Word file that when
opened will launch a macro that will send the same message to the first
50 recipients of your Outlook address book. The subject line is
"important Message From <some user name>". The body consist of the text
"Here is that document you asked for... don't show anyone else;-)".
The infected documents contains passwords to porn web sites.
For more information check out: http://vil.mcafee.com/vil/vm10120.asp
As this thing is emailing itself to everyone under the sun virus vendors
should have no problem obtaining copies to analyze. If anyone wants a copy
send me a message.
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