[citw150] Lesson 3, Question 5

From: "Dark Ligress" <darkligress@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:30:09 -0400

I know a lot of people are afraid of opening emails because they think email
can spread a virus just by being opened, such as the Melissa Virus, so I
picked this link stating there is no known virus as of yet specifically that
does this. The Melissa virus spreads as an email message containing an
infected Word document as an attachment, but only after the word document is
opened.

Subject: Important Message From <name> lures a lot of people to open the
messege. It's pretty scary since it send itself to people you know once it's
opened and many people don't scan their email attachments such as word docs
from a 'trusted' source.

          http://www.nonprofit.net/hoax/catalog/virus/viruses.htm#Caveat
            -----More info about viruses not being spread through just
opening your email.

          http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1999-04.html
           ----- More info about the Melissa virus.

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[citw150] Lesson 3 Question 5
From: Dale Vaughn

[citw150] Lesson 3, Question 5

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