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    The Melissa virus spread rapidly after being unleashed, wreaking havoc on government and private sector networks according to the FBI. Within a week, 30-year old David L. Smith was arrested for unleashing the virus. He later attempted to communicate with virus writers using a fake identity. The large increase in email traffic forced some companies to shut down their email programs temporarily. After trial, Smith received a 20-month jail sentence and $5,000 fine for unleashing the virus. While it didn't cripple the internet, Melissa was one of the first viruses to gain significant public attention.

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    The Melissa virus spread rapidly after being unleashed, wreaking havoc on government and private sector networks according to the FBI. Within a week, 30-year old David L. Smith was arrested for unleashing the virus. He later attempted to communicate with virus writers using a fake identity. The large increase in email traffic forced some companies to shut down their email programs temporarily. After trial, Smith received a 20-month jail sentence and $5,000 fine for unleashing the virus. While it didn't cripple the internet, Melissa was one of the first viruses to gain significant public attention.

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    Melissa Virus

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    The Melissa virus spread rapidly after being unleashed, wreaking havoc on government and private sector networks according to the FBI. Within a week, 30-year old David L. Smith was arrested for unleashing the virus. He later attempted to communicate with virus writers using a fake identity. The large increase in email traffic forced some companies to shut down their email programs temporarily. After trial, Smith received a 20-month jail sentence and $5,000 fine for unleashing the virus. While it didn't cripple the internet, Melissa was one of the first viruses to gain significant public attention.

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    REAL CASES OF MELISSA

    The virus spread rapidly after Smith unleashed it on the world. According to
    statements made by FBI officials to Congress, the Melissa virus "wreaked havoc on
    government and private sector networks".
    1. Less than a week after the Melissa virus outbreak began, 30-year-old David L
    Smith was arrested at his brother’s house in Eatontown, New Jersey.
    2. Within weeks of the FBI arresting him, he was using a fake identity to
    communicate with and track virus writers around the world.
    3. The increase in e-mail traffic forced some companies to discontinue e-mail
    programs until the virus was contained.
    4. After a lengthy trial process, Smith lost his case and received a 20-month jail
    sentence and also fine of $5,000 and forbade him from accessing computer
    networks without court authorization.
    5. Ultimately, the Melissa virus didn't cripple the Internet, but it was one of the first
    computer viruses to get the public's attention.
    IMPACT OF THE VIRUS
     Users who open an infected document in Word97 or Word2000 with macros
    enabled will infect the Normal.dot template causing any documents
    referencing this template to be infected with this macro virus.
     If the infected document is opened by another user, the document, including
    the macro virus, will propagate. This could cause the user's document to be
    propagated instead of the original document, and thereby leak sensitive
    information.
     Indirectly, this virus could cause a denial of service on mail servers.
     Many large sites had reported performance problems with their mail servers
    as a result of the propagation of this virus.
    SOLUTIONS
     Nick Christenson of sendmail.com provided information about configuring
    send mail to filter out messages that may contain the Melissa virus.
     With John Hardin's Procmail security filter package.
     With Innosoft's PMDF.
     Computer Associates
    Virus signature versions that detect and cure Melissa virus.
    Windows NT 3.x & 4.x 4.19d
    Windows 95 4.19e
    Windows 98 4.19e
    Windows 3.1 4.19e
    Netware 3.x, 4.x & 5.0 4.19e
     Symantec
     Encourage users at your site to disable macros in Microsoft Word
    THANK YOU…

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