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BubbleBoy Virus, More Information

This information was passed out to my company's computer users (60,000 + computer users). I hope it helps all you people with PCs. No effect on my MAC!

Regards, Jim Follis

A new virus, VBS.BubbleBoy, has been detected. VBS.BubbleBoy

does not affect Lotus Notes or cc:Mail users, and the

probability of infection from VBS.Bubble Boy is low.

VBS.BubbleBoy works under Windows 98, Windows 2000, and

other Windows operating systems that have Windows Scripting

Host installed. It uses Microsoft Outlook to send an e-mail

message containing the following text:

Subject: BubbleBoy is back!

Persons at outside locations and vendors using Microsoft

Outlook could unknowingly send an infected e-mail message to

you.

*** REQUIRED ACTION ***

Delete any e-mail with the subject line "BubbleBoy is back!"

Currently, the Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) program is unable to

detect this virus. MS Outlook users may find a patch to

protect their desktops from VBS.BubbleBoy on the following

Microsoft web page:

www.microsoft.com/security/Bulletins/ms99-032.asp

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