OFF: Virus alert (genuine)

[J. Michael Looney]

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Richard Lockwood wrote:

> We've just been hit by a nasty script virus here.  If you get an email with
> the subject "ILOVEYOU" - DON'T OPEN THE ATTACHMENT, even if it comes from
> someone you trust.  It relies on Windows Script Host to run some VBScript
> which will rename files (over ALL your drives, local and remote), downloads
> a couple of files from the internet, overwrites some files, probably some
> other stuff too - we're still looking at it now here, but DON'T OPEN IT.
> It'll also send itself to everyone in your address book (we think).

Of course if you are not running something that runs VBScript, you are
more or less safe.

Like, say, Pine on Linux.

Gatesware sucks.

cd /c_drive/windows
rm -rf

"read microsoft, real fast"