Melissa


Name: Melissa
Aliases: Melisa.A, Melissa-AO, Melissa.BG, Aspam, Assilem.A, Resume, bg@MM, Melissa-BI, Resume Worm, Resume Killer, Killer Resume,
Ports:
Files: Melissa.zip - Explorer.doc - 40,960 bytes Resume.doc -Resume1.doc - List.doc - 40,960 bytes Resume - - 41,472 bytes (?)
Created: Mar 1999
Requires:
Actions: Worm / Mail trojan / Macro virus / Destructive trojan
Uses MAPI calls to get 50 adresses from Outlook to be able toautomatically mail itself to others. The worm exists in some 35 differentversions as of August 2000.
Versions: A, W, X, AB, AO, AP, AQ, AU, BG, BI,
Registers: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Security\Level= 1
Notes: Works on Windows, together with MS Outlook and MS Word. ˆ Sourcecode is available.
Country:
Program: Written in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

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