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Subject: Another variation of ILOVEYOU alert addressed from Symantec
From: Rob Brun (RBrunMICHAELHOLIGAN.COM)
Date: Fri May 05 2000 - 14:07:48 CDT

        My company just recieved a message that was addressed from
supportsymantec.com which contained an attached file named PROTECT.VBS.
The message is pasted in below and looks very authentic. The attachment was
a variation of ILOVEYOU.

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Dear Symantec customer,

Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center began receiving reports regarding
VBS.LoveLetter.A virus early morning on May 4, 2000 GMT.
This worm appears to originate from the Asia Pacific region. Distribution of
the virus is widespread and hundreds of thousands of machines are reported
infected.
The VBS.LoveLetter.A is an Internet worm that uses Microsoft Outlook to
e-mail itself as an attachment.
The subject line of the e-mail reads ILOVEYOU, with the attachment titled
LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.VBS.
Once the attachment is opened, the virus replicates and sends an e-mail to
all e-mail addresses listed in the address book.
The virus also spreads itself via Internet relay chat and infects files on
local and remote drives including files with extensions vbs, vbe, js, sje,
css, wsh, sct, hta, jpg, jpeg, mp3, mp2.
Users should exercise caution when opening e-mails with this subject line,
even if the e-mail is from someone they know, as that is how the virus is
spread.

Symantec Corp. today announced availability of the virus definition to
detect, repair and protect users against the VBS.LoveLetter.A virus.
This definition is available now via Symantec's LiveUpdate and can also be
downloaded from the following web sites:

http://www.symantecstore.com/AF74211/promo/loveletter
http://www.digitalriver.com/symantec

Also as a quick solution Symantec Corp. offers Visual Basic Script to
protect your PC against this worm. (See attached.)

Note! When executed, this script will protect Your PC from being INFECTED by
VBS.LoveLetter.A virus.
To cure already infected PC's download Norton Antivirus Updates mentioned
above.

Symantec Corporation - a world leader in internet security technology.

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Rob Brun
Director - System Operations
MichaelHoligan.Com
972-728-8143
Fax 972-386-0862
 <<Rob Brun (E-mail).vcf>>

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