Text of FBI 'Melissa' warning Mar 28, 1999, 22 :20 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (11170 reads)
"Issued by the FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center on
Sunday, March 28, 1999."
"The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was notified on March
26, 1999, of the proliferation of a computer virus known as the "Melissa
Macro Virus" (MMV). There have been widespread reports of propagation of
this virus into commercial, government and military e-mail gateways and
systems. The MMV has the capability of causing a denial of service and
degraded computer network performance, which could result in system
administrators' having to shut-down affected networks and e-mail servers."
"The MMV has significant potential to cause more-widespread harm than it has
to date. In an effort to reduce the impact of the MMV on computer networks,
users can take several actions..."
