From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 28 Mar 1999 to 29 Mar 1999 Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 2:00 AM There are 4 messages totalling 123 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. i'll shoot myself in the foot. happy?? (2) 2. All Apologies 3. Another Virus Alert, not SG related To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:22:11 EST From: Kathleen Burrows Subject: i'll shoot myself in the foot. happy?? umm... hello?? is this thing on?? IT'S LUNCH FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!! WHO THE TRUK CARES???? I DON'T!!!!!! I'M SHURE HECCA OTHER SOMMSters DON'T EITHER!!!!! GOOD GRAVY!!!!!! the always calm and rational one, Kathleen : )) haha. x )~ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:49:32 EST From: James Connolly Subject: Re: i'll shoot myself in the foot. happy?? i really hate to waste you SOMMSters' time, but i want to take the time after Kathleen's mail to say "FUCK" and "HELLA". always one to defend and promote free speech, Jimi ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 15:49:38 -0600 From: Mike Jones Subject: All Apologies SOMMSters, Hey guys, sorry about the virus thing. I had no idea that I had it, and I'm very sorry that all of you got it. It should be better now, I've done thorough virus scanning with various programs all day, and I wanted to be absolutely sure it was off my computer before I posted my apology today. All the test e-mails I sent to friends and my own address have come up to just send an additional message, thats blank. I dunno what it is, but its not anything harmful, that I'm sure of. Thanks to Jamie for giving us all that info and help, that was very nice. Once again, I'm sorry to have put everybody through this, and I can just hope I won't get flamed. Thanks again. Andy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:11:53 -0500 From: Michelle Subject: Another Virus Alert, not SG related Hi, Since several people on this list have been affected by happy99, and even more weren't aware that it was going around, I thought that you all may f= ind this useful. There's a new virus out there called Melissa. I suggest reading this to avoid having to deal with it, too. Michelle Subject: DDWR 99-4: Melissa Word Macro Virus A new Word macro virus is being spread by email faster than the recent happy99.exe was spreading. According to information from Virus Alerts: http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/melissa.asp "Melissa is a Word 97 Class Module Macro virus that can also be upconverted to a Word 2000 Macro Virus." "Melissa" was reportedly was first discovered by NAI's (Network Associates) Dr Solomon's VirusPatrol on the alt.sex newgroup. The virus has spread rapidly around the world, and has infected over 60,000 people at one company alone. Even CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team - Carnegie Mellon=92s Department of Defense-funded computer security team has been involved, having first heard of the virus Friday afternoon, according to MSNBC. CERT members worked through the night to analyze the virus and develop a fix. Since CERT was founded 10 years ago, this is only the second time it has considered a virus important enough to warrant a public announcement. The first, in 1994, warned of a virus that allowed computer burglars to collect passwords. =93Melissa=94 spreads via infected e-mail and attacks computers loaded with Microsoft=92s widely used Word 97 or Word 2000 programs. If you receive an e-mail with the subject line =93Important message from ... ,=94 be suspicious. If that message comes with a Word document attached called =93list.doc,=94 (but it's not always called that) you=92ve likely been sent the Word/Melissa macro virus. And if you open the document, it will send 50 copies of itself to several e-mail addresses it gleans from your personal e-mail. The most common method of infection seems to be via Outlook. Users will not know they have been infected, nor will the sender know the document has been sent. A user may become alerted to the infected document if the Macro Security settings are enabled. This warning will be displayed to the user when the document is opened. Check your virus detection software. Some cures (virus program updates) for "Melissa" are listed at . ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 28 Mar 1999 to 29 Mar 1999 ************************************************