From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu May 4 12:29:55 2000 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id MAA20438 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:28:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA20352 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:28:20 +0100 (BST) Received: from postbox.kscl.com ([195.44.196.19]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA22894 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:28:18 +0100 (BST) Received: from airmail.kscl.com (unverified) by postbox.kscl.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id <Tc0a80102e14bf874e4a8@postbox.kscl.com>; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:22:37 +0100 Received: by airmail.kscl.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <JBX1Y45P>; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:23:59 +0100 Message-ID: <073C734BD702D311A0E90001FA7E094701C70DD8@letterbox.kscl.com> From: Fraser Macrae <fraser.macrae@kscl.com> To: "'Jonnie Burden'" <jonnie_burden@bigfoot.com>, "'MAX - Mark Maxham'" <max@interstice.com>, "'Sankurie Pye'" <s.pye@nms.ac.uk>, "'BritDisc'" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: not a hoax - virus warning Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:20:51 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk story taken from www.zdnet.co.uk Before you do anything today... READ THIS STORY A new computer virus is proliferating at rapid speed across Europe and has already felled at least three UK businesses according to a number of reports. According to these early reports, the virus is contained within an email headed: I LOVE YOU, and is contained within an attachment called... A Love Letter For You. Symantec Anti-Virus laboratories confirms the virus is propagating furiously and says that four "major European corporations" had serious difficulties with their email systems due to this virus. Symantec is, however, unable to confirm whether the virus has a destructive payload. A spokeswoman says, "It seems to be very widespread. We've had reports from a lot of customers across the UK and Europe. We're currently working on a fix and hope to have one ready within the hour." Users are advised to delete this email immediately Fraser Macrae KSCL Ltd. Network Manager 5 Lochside Ave Tel. (+44) 131 200 5285 Edinburgh Park Fax. (+44) 131 200 5001 Edinburgh, EH12 9DJ Legal Disclaimer : This e-mail is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. The opinions expressed in this message are those of the sender and not those of KSCL. This footnote also confirms that this e-mail has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.