Microsoft KB Archive/266059

= Information About Outlook E-mail Attachments and Worm Viruses =

Article ID: 266059

Article Last Modified on 8/30/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
Many corporate networks have been affected by worm viruses that are spread through e-mail messages as attachments. When you open the attachment, the virus is automatically sent to random e-mail addresses in your global address book. Additionally, these viruses may copy themselves onto your computer's hard disk and any shared drives to which you have access.



MORE INFORMATION
There have been several variations of these viruses. Some of the viruses include those that are in the following list: Name                  Subject line             Associated files --- Life Stages           Fw: Life Stages          lifestages.txt.shs Fw: Funny Fw: Jokes Fw: Life Stages text Fw: Funny text Fw: Jokes text Life Stages Funny Jokes Life Stages text Funny text jokes text

Love Letter           ILOVEYOU                 BugFix I-Worm.Loveletter IRC/Loveletter Love Bug LOVE-LET.VBS LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs Loveletter Troj/LoveLet-A VBS.Loveletter.a                                               VBS/LoveLet-A VBS/LoveLet-B VBS/LoveLet-C VBS/LoveLet-E VBS_LoveLetter veryfunny.vbs

Love Letter           FW:        where  Variations                                     can be any file name and any extension To help prevent the spread of malicious e-mail attachments, Microsoft has released the Outlook E-mail Security Update. For additional information about the Outlook E-mail Security Update, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

262631 OL2000: Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update

262617 OL98: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update

263275 OL97: The Outlook E-mail Security Update Is Not Available for Outlook 97

Microsoft also recommends that you take the following precautions:
 * Ensure that you are running the latest version of your anti virus software.
 * Never share an entire hard disk; share only specific folders to specific users as required.
 * When you share a folder, never allow unrestricted access to it; always use a strong password to protect the share or limit access to the share to specific users.
 * Whenever possible, do not use persistent, mapped network drives (mapped drives that are reconnected each time that you log on).

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