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VIRUS INFORMATION


Virus Fact Sheet
Name:W97M/Prilissa
Alias:Prilissa
Who is affected?Systems running Windows 95 or 98 with Word97 and using Outlook or Outlook Express mail clients
What does it do?Overwrites the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The hard drive will be reformatted and all data will be lost.
How is it spread?Through infected e-mail documents. Sends itself to the first 50 people in the infected user's mailbox.Can be infected at anytime, but activates destructive payload on December 25th of any year.
What to look for:"Message From (Office 97 user name)" in the subject line and a message body that says "This document is very Important and you've GOT to read this!!!"
Status:Be On Alert! Large companies on three continents have been hit as of 11/22/99 but most damage will be to home computers on Christmas Day.
 
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