Re: Has anyone received the new "I LOVE YOU" Virus email yet ?

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From: Michael Salem
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 00:00

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Me:
> >I expect a great surge of viruses (more accurately, worms) like Love 
> >Letter, now the idea is in the public domain.
> 
Andrew Brydon wrote:

> So were Melissa and Chernobyl something that didn't happen? Users are
> inherently gullible/forgetful/naive/stupid (pick one or more) which
> is why so many people still caught/transmitted LoveLetter only a year
> after other major outbreaks. Same basic cause/mechanism. Nothing
> learned!

They didn't have the combination of extreme contagiousness and 
harmfulness that Love Letter has. I read about Melissa in the 
newspapers; I heard from several people who received LL. While it 
would be nice to have an argument about this, and I'd like to be 
proved wrong, indications so far is that LL has been an inspiration 
and I'm right.

Best wishes,
-- 
Michael Salem

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