Caveat on Melissa Macro Virus

From: Phil Cox (pccat_private)
Date: Wed Mar 31 1999 - 08:53:45 PST

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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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