Fw: Trend Micro Alert - Virus Outbreak! "ILOVEYOU"

From: WinterSun Zhao <zhaohl_at_midea.com.cn>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 08:39:13 +0800

>Note: You may receive more than one alert
>
>Virus Alert!
>
>-- DO NOT open any attachments with the subject ILOVEYOU --
>
>** This is a VBS virus. If you open the email, you will be infected **
>
>A new DESTRUCTIVE virus outbreak has just occurred on a world-wide scale.
>The virus, named VBS_LOVELETTER, was first detected only hours ago by Trend
>Micro and already a new patch is in development and will be available at
>http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/ within the hour. Please ensure that you
>update ALL of your Trend Micro products with this fix.
>
>Virus Description -- VBS_LOVELETTER is a computer worm. Once executed, it
>will modify the registry and will drop files for it to spread. It replicates
>using Microsoft Outlook by sending an email with an attachment file
>"LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs" to all email addresses listed in the address
>list. It will also propagate using mIRC by modifying the "script.ini". After
>connecting to a chat server using mIRC, the virus will initiate a dcc send
>to all the users in the current channel and send a copy of itself. It has
>also the capability to infect files with specific extensions.

                                WinterSun Zhao
                              zhaohl_at_midea.com.cn
Received on Fri May 05 2000 - 00:42:45 NZST