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WARNING: NEW VIRUS

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Christopher Rice

    The Resume Virus is
out.  It’s the latest and greatest.  It is a Word Macro virus and will
attach to all in your address book.  Does this sound familiar, well it
is…

The Resume Virus is out. It’s the latest and greatest. It is a Word Macro virus and will attach to all in your address book. Does this sound familiar, well it is…

This is a newer version of the Melissa virus of old. Apparently, it is a bit hairier than the original, but it should be pretty easy to protect against, considering it is a variation of an existing virus.

    This is a newer version
of the Melissa virus of old.  Apparently, it is a bit hairier than the
original, but it should be pretty easy to protect against, considering it is a
variation of an existing virus.

    For information on this
virus and it’s specifics, go to any of the Virus Protection software sites
(McAfee, Norton, NAI, etc.)

    For information on
VBScript based viruses and protecting your environment against them, check out
this article by Marcin Policht:

https://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1476521

    It is very detailed on how to avoid critical
situations.

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