I Received A Love Letter

Bob Carlson · Post by **Bob Carlson** » 29 Oct 2000 4:49 pm

Friday the 27th I received an e mail with the Love Letter Virus. I was lucky as I always store my work from all my programs (Money, Spreedsheet etc) on floppys but I had to start all over with my Compaq Quick Restore disk plus i'm still relaoding my other programs so I better get with it.

Bob Carlson

Uff Da!

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 29 Oct 2000 5:13 pm

Well, don't stop there, Bob! Tell us more!
What did this virus look like when it arrived in your mail box? Was it entitled "Love Letter" or what? Was there an attachment, or just opening the email caused the infection? Details, please!

Abe Stoklasa · Post by **Abe Stoklasa** » 29 Oct 2000 5:17 pm

You must be from minnesota.UFF DA

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Abraham

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 Oct 2000 5:37 pm

Let's see..."UFF DA"...I think that's the opposite of "BAFOUR"...isn't it?

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 29 Oct 2000 7:49 pm

As desperate as I am, I need more info' so I don't end up getting the virus instead of something that will last me a lifetime.

John Gretzinger · Post by **John Gretzinger** » 30 Oct 2000 5:20 pm

If you are running any halfway current anti-virus software you should be protected. The love letter stuff is a variation of the Melissa Virus which all the anti-virus software handles.

Most copies I have seen say something like I Love You.vbs. There is also a variation called Stages of Life which is also the same thing (more or less).

Get and use any good anti-virus product.

jdg

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Les Pierce · Post by **Les Pierce** » 2 Nov 2000 9:44 am

Computer Associates offers their "InnoculateIT Personal Edition" antivirus software as a free download at their Website.

I think it the URL is:
http://www.cai.com

That should get you close, anyway. This is the same outfit that provides the AV software for the coorporation I work for, so they should be reliable for some time to come.

Take care,

Les