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Caveat on Melissa Macro Virus

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Cox)
Wed Mar 31 16:14:17 1999

Date: 	Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:53:45 -0800
Reply-To: Phil Cox <pcc@LLNL.GOV>
From: Phil Cox <pcc@LLNL.GOV>
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In-Reply-To:  <199903271216.MAA12868@melona.complex.is>

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All,

Just wanted to point out that most reports have been listing Outlook97
as a propogation mechanism for this, which is not correct. The only
mailers that the macro virus will invoke AUTOMATICALLY to propogate
this virus are Windows based Outlook98 & Outlook2000.

Phil Cox
CIAC
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