[ Thanks to George
Mitchell for this link. ]
“A variant of the “Love Bug” computer virus has started
spreading, virus experts said Thursday, and while it may not spread
as fast as the original, it is much more destructive when it
infects a computer.”
“Each time the virus spreads, it mutates itself to evade
detection,” Symantec Corp., another anti-virus software
maker, said in a statement from its Cupertino offices. … Clicking
on the attachment will activate the virus. Like “Love Bug,” it
will send itself to everybody in the user’s address book.
It will then destroy most of the files on the hard drive,
rendering the computer useless until the operating system is
reinstalled.”
“As with the “Love Bug,” only recipients running
Microsoft’s Outlook e-mail program for Windows are vulnerable
and there’s no danger if the attachment is not opened, virus
experts said.”