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Re: Melissa Macro Virus

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kirkwood)
Sun Mar 28 23:11:03 1999

Date: 	Sat, 27 Mar 1999 12:25:16 +0000
Reply-To: Matthew Kirkwood <weejock@FERRET.LMH.OX.AC.UK>
From: Matthew Kirkwood <weejock@FERRET.LMH.OX.AC.UK>
X-To:         Nate Lawson <nate@ROOT.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990326174953.7672A-100000@root.org>

On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Nate Lawson wrote:

> 2.  See if machine is already infected
>     Check HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Melissa? for the string "... by
> Kwyjibo"

Surely just adding this key would provide effective safety?  (Until
modified versions hit the streets, anyway - ain't "open source" great
:)

Matthew.

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