Special Report: The Melissa Virus
March 1999
- Virus: Melissa, the day
after, PC World, 3/31
"It's meaningless to put a number on this when it's as big of a
problem as this."
- Virus: Exec
turns cybersleuth to find Melissa creator, Detroit News,
3/31
"Smith has found clues linking a teen-age boy with the creation of
'Melissa,' one of the fastest spreading computer viruses in
history."
- Virus: Melissa
spawns more offspring, ZDNet, 3/31
"Anti-virus experts expect the variant strains to continue over the
next several weeks before they die down."
- Virus: Melissa, the day
after, PC World, 3/31
"It's meaningless to put a number on this when it's as big of a
problem as this."
- Virus: Exec
turns cybersleuth to find Melissa creator, Detroit News,
3/31
"Smith has found clues linking a teen-age boy with the creation of
'Melissa,' one of the fastest spreading computer viruses in
history."
- Virus: CERT
advisory on Melissa virus, updated as new information comes
in
"This virus can not send mail on systems running MacOS; however,
the virus can be stored on MacOS."
- Virus: What
does Melissa mean for Mac users?, MacCentral, 3/30
- Virus: Melissa
virus traced to AOL account, Seattle Times, 3/30
"...he denied he's responsible, maintaining that someone hijacked
his identity. "
- Virus: Melissa
mutates into more destructive variants, ZDNet, 3/29
"It's like these guys - the virus writers - are trying to one-up
each other."
- Virus: Melissa
virus panic attack, Salon, 3/29
"The real problem lies with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook and
Microsoft's whole design philosophy."
- Virus: Everyone's talking about
Melissa, Macinsite, 3/29
Melissa can't infect Macs, but could send you spam.
- Virus: "Melissa" email virus outbreak, MacTimes, 3/27
"If that document is opened and the [Word] macro virus is allowed
to run, it is possible for it to send e-mail to a number of other
users."
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