

| Subject: | New Virus Warning |
| From: | Kevin Sullivan |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Jun 1999 14:59:12 -0700 |
Hey list members, I'm sending this in case some people haven't heard yet. Its already infected some fellow employee systems................... ***************************************************** URGENT! NTools E-NewsFlash NEW VIRUS - READ THIS ****************************************************** Hi All, A new, very nasty melissa-type virus just hit us. If you get a message that looks like this: "Hi! I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, please take a look at the attached zipped docs. bye. <<zipped_files.exe>>" Under no circumstance click on the attachment. It will Nuke all Excel and Word files it can find, and redo it every 30 minutes. This is a very nasty one. It nestles itself in the \WINNT\System32\ directory and the culprit is called Explore.exe Also, you need to get rid of a key in the registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\Windows and delete run= C:\WINNT\System32\explore.exe. I'm sure there will be much more said about this, but for the moment, warn all your users, and do not open that attachment!!! Deleting the email without opening that attachment will cause no further harm This is hammered out in a hurry, and is just a heads up. Sorry if we are not complete as yet. Time is of the utmost essence! Check the websites of your anti- virus software vendors for more detail. Warm regards, Stu [text/html]
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