“So far I’ve been “ILOVEYOUed” six times today. Unlike many of
you, however, other than being annoyed, I don’t have the bug, I’m
not going to get the bug, and I’m certainly not going to spread
it….”
“According to Symantec’s Marian Merritt, group product manager
for Norton products, you wouldn’t be the only one. “This will be
worse than Melissa, because it sends messages to everyone, not just
the first 50 people, on your address book. We expect e-mail servers
to be shut down across the world.”
“But, wait. There’s more; the program also loads itself up in
your MP3 music and JPG graphic files. Worse still, it also deletes
MSKernel32.vbs, Win32DLL.vbs, mIRC’s script.ini, as well as several
minor files. Can you say “wrecked system”? I knew you
could….”
“Now, a Microsoft security spokesperson is saying that while
Microsoft is working closely with antivirus companies, it doesn’t
have any plans to issue a patch or security warning. Thanks guys,
good of you to pick up the ball like that….“