| A Virus is a Malicious program that forcefully invades your computer system. It
then duplicates its self and plays havoc with your files. Viruses can infect your
computer by floppy disk, or from downloading programs off the internet. There
are thousands of virus alive in the computer world today. Common places to
catch viruses on the internet, are from warez sites and UseNet.
30/3/99 1:25pm
Melissa macro Virus spreading like wildfire
Users all over the internet are being hit by this virus. So what can you do to protect yourself?
1. If you receive a email with the topic "Important message from"..... DELETE IT!.
2. Any Email received from an unknown source... Don't open the Email attachment.
3. Keep your anti-virus software up to date.
27/3/99 11:46am
New Virus surfing the web
The virus W97M_Melissa, uses Word macros and Microsoft Outlook to send a list of 80 pornographic Web sites.
The E-mails subject line contains "Important message from..." and the body says "Here is that document
you asked for ... don't show anyone else ;-)." There is also a attached Word file "list.doc," which includes the
porn sites' addresses. The Email virus doesn't cause any damage to the users computer but when the minutes of the current time match the date, it will then insert the Bart Simpson quotation, "Twenty-two points,
plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for using all my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here,"
into the user's active document. Check out mcafee website for more info.
Source from www.news.com
Protecting yourself from viruses.
To make your system more secure in the war against viruses, download one of the
following virus protection programs:
 Macafee *I use this one*
F-ProT
Norton
Amiga virus Programs
Downloading and installing the virus program is just the first step in the
war against viruses. Software companys put out a update file every month.
This file has all the new viruses listed in it, making your
computer safer. Downloading the update file is a *must*. If U don't,
you are just giving yourself a false sense of security. There are hundreds of new
virues every month, and with out the update file your computer is defenceless.
Virus Update files:
Macafee Update
F-Prot Update
Norton Update
Amiga Updates
Back Orifice:
Back orifice is a trojan horse virus release into the wild by the "Cult of the Dead Cow". When this application is installed on
your computer, anyone on the internet can access your harddrive files, format your C drive, or
just send you nasty messages. To tell if you have the BO virus, preform a port scan of your computer.
If UDP 31337 port is open, then your infected. Or run Antigen,it dectects if BO is installed. If you want more info on BO read this text file Back Orifice Info
So how do you get rid of it? Well there are two ways, you could edit your registry in the location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
Using regedit.exe found in your windows folder, or download the program:
 Back OrificeREMOVER!
this program is very easy to use and will get rid of Back Orifice with ease.
HTML Virus
With the release of Windows98, a new virus was able to be produced. The HTML virus. This
virus is embed into the HTML code of a malicious website. Through the use of Internet Explorer and VBscript built into Win98 it then can access
your hard drive.A example of the virus that does nothing can be found here. Since the mention of getting a virus through
HTML, anti-virus companies have been having a hay day. A lot of it is just scare tactics, to get the customer to buy their product. The settings in Internet Explorer by default will warn you of the
virus. Also Netscape is not affected. So to protect yourself from the virus, keep your security settings in IE on, or use Netscape.
To learn about Virus Hoaxs check out CIAC Internet Hoaxes
and to learn about real viruses go to Antivirus Online
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