I-Worm.LoveLetter.CL & Macro.Word97.Thus
There are several reports of the detection of two new variants of previously detected viruses.
The first is I-Worm.LoveLetter.CL,
which is a variant of the infamous LoveLetter e-mail worm. This particular
worm makes two copies of itself, using the filenames command.vbs
and WinVXD.vbs, which are executed each
time the computer boots up.
The e-mail component of the worm requires Microsoft Outlook to work.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook, it will
try to send itself to each entry in your address book, with
the e-mail having the following features:
Subject: !!!
Body: :-) MuCuX...
Attached file: echelon.vbs
The second is the latest member of the Macro.Word97.Thus family going by the moniker of Thus.EF, which is a Word macro-virus. On the 13th or 26th of any month, this virus displays the message "Attention! Do everything, your computer tells you!" when a document is closed.
The virus then asks you to enter your name, and displays the message
"Do you know, you're the greatest stupid lamer? If no please call WWW.MICROSOFT.COM".
On August 13th, or during December, the virus shuts down Windows whenever
a document is closed.
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