************** VIRUS ALERT - W97M/Prilissa *****************
W97M/Prilissa is a new Melissa variant. AVERT has assigned
it a risk assessment of MEDIUM--ON WATCH. There has been a
serious outbreak in Europe, and it is expected to travel
quickly.
W97M/Prilissa infects Word 97 files. It propagates itself
by creating an MS Outlook email with the subject line
"Message From (Word 97 username)" and the message text:
"This document is very Important and you've GOT to
read this !!!"
It sends this message, with an attached copy of the
infected Word 97 file, to the first 50 entries in any
address book it finds. It does this only once.
W97M/Prilissa includes a destructive payload! If the date
is December 25 of any year, it will modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file so that the next time the computer is booted, the hard
drive will be formatted, causing a loss of all data. In
addition, the following message will be displayed in
Word 97:
"(C) 1999 - CyberNET
Vine... Vide... Vice... Moslem Power Never End...
You Dare Rise Against Me... The Human Era is
Over, The CyberNET Era Has Come!!!
[OK]"
Find out more about this virus. Click here to go to the
W97M/Prilissa Help Center.
->
http://www.mcafee.com/viruses/prilissa
More Info from Norton A/V at
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...rilissa.a.html
UPDATE NOW !
[This message has been edited by blackadder (edited 20 November 1999).]