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Starting 1 May 1999

Introduction to the Internet and On-line Learning
Effective Use of E-Mail
Creating web pages with HTML Level 1
Creating web pages with HTML Level 2
How to Search the World Wide Web Level 1
How to Search the World Wide Web Level 2
Using Eudora Lite and Pro Level 1
Eudora Pro Level 2
Using Eudora Pro Level 3
Using Microsoft Outlook Express Level 1
Using Netscape Messenger Level 1
Using Netscape Messenger Level 2
Using Netscape Messenger Level 3
Using Netscape Messenger Level 4
Using Netscape Messenger Level 4 (a)

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Melissa may pale to next computer virus, experts warn (US)

Copyright © 1999 Nando Media
Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service
By AARON PRESSMAN 
http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,38862-62613-454740-0,0
0.html

WASHINGTON (April 15, 1999 5:00 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - 

Computer experts and FBI cybersleuths warned Congress on Thursday
that the next widespread software virus could do a lot more damage
than the recent Melissa bug. 

"Melissa is another warning siren of the vulnerability of our
networks," Richard Pethia, director of the Computer Emergency
Response Team at Carnegie Mellon University, told a House Science
subcommittee hearing. 

"Future mutations, or entire new strains, could easily be much
harder to detect, spread even more quickly and cause significantly
more damage," Pethia warned. 

The Melissa virus, which spread itself over the Internet inside of
Microsoft Word documents to thousands of computer users, did little
damage other than clogging e-mail servers and forcing some companies
to shut down computers for a short time. 

Previous viruses and related computer bugs that spread by more
conventional means have erased data, allowed outsiders access to
secure computers and even purloined information and sent it to
unauthorized recipients. 

Michael Vatis, head of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection
Center, said damage from Melissa was "significantly contained"
thanks to warnings from law enforcers and the media that spread
faster than the virus itself. 

Melissa "serves as a wake-up call for both government and the
private sector regarding the threat from malicious viruses being
spread over the Internet," Vatis said. 

Vatis declined to discuss how law enforcement agencies including the
FBI quickly apprehended a suspect in the Melissa case, but thanked
America Online for cooperating with the investigation. The suspect,
David Smith, is alleged to have spread the virus using a stolen AOL
account. 

Some lawmakers on the panel voiced concerns that privacy rights had
been violated in an effort to track down the Melissa virus author. 

"I think we have to be careful," said New York Democrat Anthony
Weiner. "What we wind up doing very often with these new
technologies, the new crime of the moment, the frenzy of the moment,
is we lurch forward with sometimes excessive responses." 

Vatis said that in collecting information during the Melissa
investigation, the FBI had obtained permission from a court when
required by law. In some instances, owners of information or
computer systems turned over information voluntarily. 

"We have very clear procedures that we must follow to gather
information in order to trace back a virus to its originating source
or a hacker," Vatis said. 

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Also in this issue:

- Balkans war reaches our corner of the Web (US)
    Sometime over the weekend, I became engaged in the conflict in
    Kosovo.
- Russia's Internet revenue triples (Russia)
    MOSCOW, April 15 -- (AFP) -- Revenue earned from the Internet in
    Russia in 1998 was some 160 million dollars, triple the figure for
    1997, a top communications official was quoted Thursday as saying by
    the Vremya daily.
- Stepping Out of Linux's Shadow (US)
    The two dozen members of the Bay Area FreeBSD users group--BAFUG for
    short--appeared to be anticipating my arrival when I walked up to
    their monthly meeting spot last Thursday. 
- Kosovo Being Called First Internet War (US)
    Web personalizes it with images, communications 
    In the fight over Kosovo, the Internet is emerging as the newsreel
    of the '90s. 
- The Domain Game 
    Forget "memory" and don't even think about "thought." Every single
    word in this sentence has been taken, too. For that matter, almost
    all popular words have been scooped up by individuals and companies
    looking to stake out .com domain names, the Internet's prime real
    e-state.
- Banned in Belgrade (Balkans)
    Serb authorities' closure of stations points up Net's vulnerability
    to dictatorships
- ’Net provides job opportunities for at-home moms (US)
    Many at-home mothers are discovering that there are ways to earn a
    living and care for children at the same time thanks to the Internet.
    Women are turning to the ‘Net for self-employed job opportunities.
- Survey: More companies spy on workers' e-mail (US)
    NEW YORK (AP) -- More companies are snooping on their employees'
    e-mail, computer files and phone calls, a new survey shows, part of
    a corporate backlash against inflammatory and potentially
    incriminating exchanges.
- Melissa may pale to next computer virus, experts warn (US)
    Computer experts and FBI cybersleuths warned Congress on Thursday
    that the next widespread software virus could do a lot more damage
    than the recent Melissa bug. 
- E-Strikes and Cyber-Sabotage: Civilian Hackers Go Online to Fight (US)
    Richard Clark is not in the military, but when he heard news reports
    earlier this month that NATO's Web site had been attacked by Belgrade
    hackers, he wanted to do his part to help the allies. So he turned to
    his keyboard. 
- Maryland Libraries To Censor Internet (US)
    FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Frederick County librarians will censor the
    Internet for small children only.
- Free Speech on Trial in Tacoma (US)
    TACOMA, Washington -- Very few Americans like the IRS, especially
    when April 15 rolls around. 
    But most taxpayers are discreet enough to keep their feelings to
    themselves, and not mouth off about how nice it would be to see the
    IRS eliminated. At least, not on an electronic mailing list
    populated with Treasury Department agents. 
- New Lists and Journals
    * NEW: nwbug
    * NEW: Webcinema-China
    * NEW:  CraftMall-USA Craft Projects



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