> Subject:      FYI: New "Love Bug Style" virus on the move.
>
> In case you haven't seen this warning..
> Confirmed as non-hoax on
> http://www.norton.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.stages.a.html
> Andy W.
> ---
> NEW YORK (AP) -- A new computer virus disguised as a joke about male and
> female relationships has hit several large corporations, but security
> experts said it was spreading relatively slowly Monday.
> The virus does not permanently damage computer files but can clog e-mail
> systems. It hit companies in the United States by Friday and began
> appearing in Australia and Asia over the weekend, said David Perry of
> Trend Micro Inc., a maker of anti-virus software.
> The virus was spreading more slowly than the "Love Bug," which crippled
> computer systems around the world in a matter of hours when it struck in
> early May.
> Like Love Bug, the latest virus automatically sends copies to everyone
> listed in the Microsoft Outlook program's address book. Both viruses can
> also spread through chat rooms.
> But unlike Love Bug, the new virus uses a Windows feature called Shell
> Scrap Object to activate. The virus carries an ".shs" suffix, but Windows
> computers are generally configured to hide the suffix, making the file
> appear to contain only text.
> The e-mail message contains "funny," "life stages" or "jokes" in the
> subject line. The text of the message reads "the male and female stages of
> life," with an attachment, "life_stages.txt" or "life_stages.txt.shs."
> Anti-virus companies have issued software updates to catch the new virus
> and are encouraging businesses to filter incoming mail and delete
> attachments with the ".shs" suffix.

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