[COMP] **Norton AntiVirus** SupportNow! Virus Warning!

 1. W97M.Melissa.BG is a new and destructive worm.

 A new variant of Melissa, named W97M.Melissa.BG, was discovered
 today. The Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) currently has a
 sample of this worm. The virus attempts to email a copy of itself to
 everyone in your Microsoft Outlook address book.

 The email has the following subject line:
 Subject: Resume - Janet Simons

 The body of the email reads:

 To: Director of Sales/Marketing,

 Attached is my resume with a list of references contained within.
 Please feel free to call or email me if you have any further
 questions
 regarding my experience.

 I am looking forward to hearing from you.

 Sincerely,

 Janet Simons.

 This worm attempts to delete files on your hard drive, mapped network
 drives, floppy disks and zip drives. If you receive an email that
 matches this description, please delete it immediately.

 For complete information regarding this virus, please point your
 browser to:

 http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav44

 To be protected against this virus, be sure to update your virus
 definition via LiveUpdate or the Virus Definition Update Installer.
 If you are unsure as to how to update your virus definitions, please
 point your browser to one of the following Internet locations:

 How to Run LiveUpdate

 http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav45

 How to update virus definition files using the Virus Definition
 Update Installer

 http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav46 >>



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Date 5/26/2000
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1.  W97M.Melissa.BG is a new and destructive worm
2.  Subscribing and unsubscribing
3.  Disclaimer
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1. W97M.Melissa.BG is a new and destructive worm.

A new variant of Melissa, named W97M.Melissa.BG, was discovered
today. The Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) currently has a
sample of this worm. The virus attempts to email a copy of itself to
everyone in your Microsoft Outlook address book.

The email has the following subject line:
Subject: Resume - Janet Simons

The body of the email reads:

To: Director of Sales/Marketing,

Attached is my resume with a list of references contained within.
Please feel free to call or email me if you have any further
questions
regarding my experience.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Janet Simons.

This worm attempts to delete files on your hard drive, mapped network
drives, floppy disks and zip drives. If you receive an email that
matches this description, please delete it immediately.

For complete information regarding this virus, please point your
browser to:

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav44

To be protected against this virus, be sure to update your virus
definition via LiveUpdate or the Virus Definition Update Installer.
If you are unsure as to how to update your virus definitions, please
point your browser to one of the following Internet locations:

How to Run LiveUpdate

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav45

How to update virus definition files using the Virus Definition
Update Installer

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/vURL.cgi/nav46

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