Re: Melissa Macro Virus

From: Brett Glass (brettat_private)
Date: Tue Mar 30 1999 - 21:29:40 PST

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    Melissa doesn't just infect NORMAL.DOT. It also infects anything you open
    after you've opened the infected document. Read the code....
    
    --Brett
    
    At 02:10 PM 3/30/99 +0200, Bronek Kozicki wrote:
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    >There is another kind of protection (and I used it sucesfully in my network
    >for last few months). Just set NORMAL.DOT read only attribute. When exiting
    >Word user will be warned with message "unable to save modified Normal.dot" -
    >he/she then comes to support, and then we know that we have problem. Of
    >course - normal.dot is placed in user's profile. This is pretty simple kind
    >of protection against macro-viruses in Word.
    >
    >
    >Bronek Kozicki
    >
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