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Mike Kania <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Apr 1999 20:36:12 +0000
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Hey, when/where is the next meeting?

-mike


MCUG Librarian wrote:
>
> I wanted to give you all a heads-up....
>
> I verified this morning that the SAN department has been distributing
> Office documents infected with variants of Melissa. These documents have
> been sent around the department, and distributed from their handouts server
> to students. Looking at the source code for one of them, it looks like the
> virus came from the business school, and from somewhere else before that.
>
> Also, there was apparently an unrelated virus problem on Friday. I don't
> know the details, but it had something to do with an e-mail message being
> sent around advertizing a patch for MUNet.
>
> I am planning on getting MCUG involved in this in whatever capacity
> possible. To start, that means informing the student body of the danger and
> what to look out for. Down the road a bit, it might be good to offer
> workshops on how to get rid of the virus and how to prevent being infected.
> If any of you have other ideas, please let me know ASAP. I'll give you
> further details tomorrow.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
> --
> Robert E. Williams, Jr.
> President/MCUG Librarian
> Miami Computer Users' Group
> Miami University, Oxford, OH
>
> E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Home Page: <http://miavx1.muohio.edu/mcug/>

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