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February 1997, Week 3

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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:56:19 GMT
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In article <v01530500af329e87ff6f@[207.171.199.101]>, [log in to unmask] says...
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>Reported today (Thu) on ZDNet at:
>
>   <http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,8134,00.html>
>
>There's a new MS Word macro virus called "ShareFun," discovered recently
>by McAfee, and is described as being transmitted particularly by MS Mail.
>The article begins:
>
>   Internet bulletin boards are filled with dire warnings about email
>   that will infect your computer with viruses that will then destroy
>   data and send nasty email out to everyone in your email
>   program.
>
>   Those are hoaxes. This one isn't.
>

To date, there is no information concerning this virus on the CIAC, CERT, or
NCSA Web pages....which are pretty good sources for computer security and virus
info. Strangely, I tried to get to the mcafee page to see what they had to say,
and could not get there. Hmmm. :)

--
Mark Landin
T. D. Williamson, Inc.
UNIX Sys. Admin

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