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Friday, May 19, 2000

New, More Destructive Email Virus -- 11:37 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

A new VBScript virus is making its way around the web. It is based on the ILOVEYOU worm from a little while ago (story). This version picks a random filename from the sender's hard drive and picks a random subject (although it will always begin with "FW:"). This one is more deadly too because it attempts to delete every file not in use, both on local and network drives. Check Symantec's site for more information on this worm, technically known as VBS.NewLove.A. If you aren't expecting an email attachment from someone DELETE IT! Thanks Slashdot (although I actually heard about it first on the radio this morning).

The Master comments: Heck, we're STILL catching copies of the ILOVEYOU virus on my work servers. Will this thing never die?

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