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See the bottom of the left column for a list of top virus infections and virus advisories, updated real-time by Trend Micro.
May 4, 2000 (Updated: May 11, 2000) A new virus originating in the Phillipines has been spreading throughout the planet since it appeared May 4. There are now 29 variants of the worm. The subject line of the original worm is "ILOVEYOU." The official name of the original worm is VBS.LoveLetter.A. The worm spreads via e-mail and the mIRC chat program and will infect computers running the Microsoft Windows 98/2000, but will also infect Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 if you have Internet Explorer 5 installed. Symantec Norton Antivirus users should get virus definition updates and a repair tool at Symantec's download site. Network Associates McAfee VirusScan users should get updates at the McAfee web site (registration required).
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A new virus called W95.Babylonia has been found that is very infectious. Spread via mIRC or as attachments in e-mail, it can infect both Windows executables and help files. The virus is labelled as a Year 2000 fix, but it in fact is not. For more information:
November 25, 1999 A new version of the Worm.ExploreZip virus has appeared. The worm is spread via an e-mail attachment called zipped_files.exe. The worm deletes Microsoft Office files or program source code files. For more information:
A few weeks ago, a virus was discovered that would delete hard disks on December 13. The primary transmission method is Microsoft Word files, possibly as e-mail attachments. For more information, see the following articles from CNET and CNN:
CNN reports that there are four variants of a new virus, called Toadie, that infects executable programs. If you are using IRC, it can send a copy of itself to whomever you are chatting without you knowing it. Toadie is also being spread as an e-mail attachment. For more info, see the CNN article.
April 22, 1999 There are multiple variants of the CIH computer virus, some activate on the 26th of every month, but the worst variant activates on April 26 and erases your hard disks. See the News.com article for more information.
Yet another virus has appeared. This one is an e-mail attachment called boa.exe. For more information, see the ZDNET article. Last month, a macro virus called Mailissa (a.k.a. W97M.Mailissa or Melissa) spread rapidly throughout the Internet. You are at risk if you use Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000 for Windows and also have Outlook installed. The virus uses the e-mail addresses in your Outlook address book to transmit itself to others. To protect yourself, disable macros when opening e-mail attachments. Two derivatives, Ping and Papa B, exist. These derivatives, one of which infects Excel documents rather than Word documents, perform denial of service attacks rather than access Outlook.
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