Melissa … A Recent Virus
Melissa was widely reported in the press
The virus is spread in email attachments as a macro
When it runs, it accesses the user’s email address book and sends an email to the first 100 people on the list telling them to check the attachment
For many, the tip-off of a possible virus was that the email content wasn’t characteristic of the sender
A suspect has been accused of creating the Melissa virus, having been tracked down by telltale “signature” information that was propagated in the document … is this good news?