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Date: 1999-03-27
Alert: Macro Melissa macht Mailserver matt
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Wenn die Institution CERT eine ihrer ziemlich raren
Aussendungen macht, ist immer was im Busch. Word Macro
Melissa, das in der abgelaufenen offenbar massenhaft in
Umlauf kam, lähmt Mailserver.
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CERT Advisory CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-Virus
Original issue date: Saturday March 27 1999 Last Revised:
Saturday March 27, 1999
Systems Affected
* Machines with Microsoft Word 97 or Word 2000 * Any mail
handling system could experience performance problems or
a denial of service as a result of the propagation of this macro
virus.
Overview
At approximately 2:00 PM GMT-5 on Friday March 26 1999
we began receiving reports of a Microsoft Word 97 and Word
2000 macro virus which is propagating via email attachments.
The number and variety of reports we have received indicate
that this is a widespread attack affecting a variety of sites.
Our analysis of this macro virus indicates that human action
(in the form of a user opening an infected Word document) is
required for this virus to propagate. It is possible that under
some mailer configurations, a user might automatically open
an infected document received in the form of an email
attachment. This macro virus is not known to exploit any new
vulnerabilities. While the primary transport mechanism of this
virus is via email, any way of transferring files can also
propagate the virus.
Anti-virus software vendors have called this macro virus the
Melissa macro or W97M_Melissa virus.
I. Description
The Melissa macro virus propagates in the form of an email
message containing an infected Word document as an
attachment. The transport message has most frequently
been reported to contain the following Subject header
Subject: Important Message From <name>
Full text
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-04-Melissa-Macro-
Virus.html.
related story
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2233030,00.html
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edited by Harkank
published on: 1999-03-27
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