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>From the BBC
> Tuesday, June 29, 1999 Published at 18:02 GMT 19:02 UK
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> New virus spills your beans
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> Virus threatens document security
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> A new strain of computer virus could distribute your highly
> confidential documents all over the Internet.
>
> Anti-virus developers are warning that they cannot develop an
> antidote until the virus appears. Far from destroying vital
> files, the virus will make sure everyone can see them.
>
> The new virus is expected to be a variant of either Melissa or
> the Explore.Zip worm, both of which have cost businesses millions
> in recent weeks.
>
> Both Melissa and the Explore.Zip worm rely on people opening
> email attachments. Once into the computer the virus sends a
> message to everyone in the victim's in-box and then destroys
> every file written in Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint, among
> others.
>
> New virus on the block
>
> One variant has already appeared. PrettyPark replicates itself by
> sending copies to everyone in the victim's address book.
>
> It waits silently until the victim is on the Internet, then sends
> lists of the victim's user names, password files and address
> lists to Internet Relay Chat channels. Anti-virus developers are
> expecting the next step to be a virus which roots around in your
> files and then posts your documents across the Internet.
>
> "The virus wouldn't be able to tell which of your documents are
> secret. It might just post your shopping list, or it could be a
> highly sensitive company document.
>
> "What's more, it would appear as if you sent it," says Graham
> Cluley of Sophos Anti-Virus.
>
> Several anti-virus makers already have an answer to PrettyPark.
> But they cannot build a defence against future variants until
> they encounter them.
>
> Java and ActiveX - next infection target
>
> It is predicted that the next generation of viral infections will
> hit small Webpage programmes called applets, written in Java and
> ActiveX.
>
> A recent survey revealed that more than half of medium-sized
> organisations using an intranet had no security policy in place
> to respond to the threat of attacks on Java applets.
>
> Recent estimates indicate that Melissa, Explore.Zip and other
> malicious attacks have cost US business $7.6bn this year alone.
> The viruses cannot infect Macintosh or Unix systems.
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