Original Sender : "=?iso-8859-1?B?bfxrbGlzoC4uLi4u?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- Barusan dapet lagi berita dari si cantik Melissa Kaya'nya di sono lagi ngetop yach.... >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 13:57:12 -0500 (EST) >From: Muslim Youth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Youth-Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Youth-Net: "Melissa" virus alert! >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > || || o || > _o_,_\ ,;: .'_o_\ ,;: (_|_;: _o_,_,_,_; > ( .. / (_) / ( . > >|`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'``'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,, >| Bismillah irRahman irRaheem | >| In the Name of Allaah, The Most Gracious, The Most Kind | >`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'``'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-' > > >Invasion of the Email Snatchers! > >Jesse Berst, Editorial Director >ZDNet AnchorDesk > >I haven't seen anything take over this fast since Invasion of the Body >Snatchers. A malicious virus is poised to overwhelm the Internet today. > Beginning on >Friday, "Melissa" first defeated major corporations such as Microsoft and >Intel. >Over the weekend, it spread to other companies and universities. Left >unchecked, > it >could infect millions of computers in a matter of days. > >Here's my advice: > >* Understand the problem >* Disinfect your computer and your company >* Take steps to protect yourself in the future > >Let's get started with step one. Then I'll send you to expert advice >for steps two and three. > >WHO'S AT RISK You can be infected if you use: > >* Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000 for word processing and >* Microsoft Outlook for email (Outlook Express, however, is not affected) > >Millions of people use this combination. If you're one of them, then you >could be in trouble. In fact, you may be in trouble already without >realizing it. > >HOW MELISSA WORKS: Melissa is a so-called "macro" virus. It resides inside >a Word document attached to an email. If you open the document, it will try to >run the malicious macro. If you permit that macro to run... > >You're screwed. > >Melissa then sends a copy of the document to the first 50 people in your >address book. And now they're in danger too. > >Melissa propagates so fast, it can quickly overwhelm mail servers. Even >worse, it can send out secret company information to outsiders. > >HOW MELISSA DAMAGES YOU AND YOUR COMPANY Melissa doesn't delete files or >trash disks. Rather, it overwhelms mail servers as it propagates itself. >The first time it sends out 50 infected messages. Those 50 can potentially >spawn another 50 each, for a total of 2,500. Those 2,500 can theoretically >launch 50 more... and so on. > >Even worse, the virus could expose embarrassing or sensitive information. >It initially attaches to a document called LIST.DOC (a roster of >pornographic sites). But it may infect future Word documents. So if you >call up your top-secret product plans... or your private list of special >discounts to favorite customers... or the roll-call of employees you plan >to fire next week... those other documents may also get posted to >the first 50 people in your address book. > >Of course, if you're Microsoft, your secret plans have already been aired >to the public, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice. Everybody >else, however, has a lot at stake. > >========================================== > >For more details, goto: > >http://www.anchordesk.com/a/adt0329ba/3233 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Compu-Mania MailingList is provided by PT Centrin Utama Maintained by : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Post a msg : Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe : Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] BODY : unsubscribe Compu-Mania For more information, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "HELP" in the BODY of your mail (without quote). ----------------------------------------------------------------
