Watch for "ILOVEYOU" loveletter.VBS bug

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu May 4 14:18:29 2000

On May 4, allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:
> It's an email worm that takes advantage of MS Active-x controls.
>
> This is a wide spreading fast mover and packs a payload.
>
> Locally several companies have reported it and it was only launched
> less than a day ago.

  Sure enough, got this on my mail server this morning:

May 4 11:46:16 srv1 sendmail[4958]: LAB04956: usgate.e-mail.com.: SMTP DATA-2 protocol error: 570 Rejected.Potential ILOVEYOU virus.

  Why do people use crappy software like that? If I hear one more
idiot say "but I NEEEEEEEEEEEED it!" in reference to micro$lop I'm
going to go postal.


                 -Dave McGuire
Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 14:18:29 BST