Thanks Kelly.

For those of you not on Birdchat ...
Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <mailto:dcv at scn.org>
Tweeters = http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:40:56 -0600
From: Dave Rintoul <drintoul at KSU.EDU>
To: BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: ADMIN:W97M/Melissa virus

Below is an update from an anti-virus site regarding a new and very
rapidly-spreading virus. It comes in e-mailed Word97 documents, so, as
always, it is NOT a good idea to open an attached Word document (or
any document) that you get, especially if the attachment is not
expected, or even mentioned in the e-mail that it comes
with. Hopefully our listserv will escape this newest idiotic prank,
but we are all depending on your vigilance in order for that to
happen.
--
Dave Rintoul, Ph.D. mailto:drintoul at ksu.edu
Biology Division - KSU ICBM: 39.18N, 96.34W
Manhattan KS 66506-4901 VOX: 785-532-6663
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~drintoul/ FAX: 785-532-6653
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W97M/Melissa works with Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000
and Microsoft Outlook e-mail client. It can infect both Windows and
Macintosh users. If the infected machine does not have Outlook or
Internet access at all, the virus will continue to spread locally within
the user's own documents.

Data Fellows provides a free solution to the W97M/Melissa virus
problem. Evaluation copies of the F-Secure Anti-Virus toolkit as well
as an update to detect and disinfect the virus are available from the
company's website at http://www.DataFellows.com

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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:22:10 -0600
From: Steve Roman <decke003 at MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>
To: BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: ADMIN:W97M/Melissa virus

A patch is available for download from:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-002.asp

Steve Roman, Champlin, MN
decke003 at maroon.tc.umn.edu