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Spies hit Disney? No, just Melissa

The Melissa virus was behind an email spam from Walt Disney Co. Wednesday. Disney... Read more

18 November, 1999 by Rob Lemos

MS issues Outlook security patch

...but it helps to neuter a vector of spread." Ever since the Melissa virus clogged email servers in March 1999, and continuing on with the... Read more

9 June, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Did anti-virus firms' protections fail?

In the months following the outbreak of the Melissa virus, did security software makers lapse into complacency? Vowing they would be... Read more

9 May, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Virus writing: end of an era?

...computer security specialists say that David L. Smith's conviction in the Melissa virus case -- the first successful prosecution of a virus writer in the... Read more

10 December, 1999 by Robert Lemos

Smith lawyer: No comment on mystery virus writer

...mystery Tuesday -- the question of whether the programmer charged with spreading the Melissa virus is also VicodinES, a virus writer linked to the virus's... Read more

7 April, 1999 by Alex Wellen

News Burst: Lucent hit by Melissa virus

According to the spokeswoman the Melissa virus was discovered late Friday, forcing the company to shut down e... Read more

31 March, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

...Melissa' virus infections escalate

...s basically taking down the servers," Sampath said. Melissa the Dominatrix The Melissa virus is essentially a simple Word macro, which is a script for... Read more

28 March, 1999 by Rob Lemos

A Year Ago: Melissa virus lives on

...week, according to an anti-virus firm. Recently, two variants of the Melissa virus -- Melissa.U and Melissa.V -- and VBS.Freelink, a Visual Basic... Read more

18 October, 2000 by ZDNet

Melissa virus suspect to enter plea

...the Mailroom. And read what others have said. Take me to the Melissa Virus Special. Take me to the Virus Workshop Read more

9 December, 1999 by ZDNet

Melissa virus lives on

...week, according to an anti-virus firm. Recently, two variants of the Melissa virus -- Melissa.U and Melissa.V -- and VBS.Freelink, a Visual Basic... Read more

18 October, 1999 by ZDNet

Melissa virus: Smith to remain on bail

...of Aberdeen, N.J., was last week charged with allegedly spreading the Melissa virus and released on $100,000 (£61,000) bail. Borden, hired after... Read more

7 April, 1999 by Alex Wellen

Melissa virus: man charged

A lead provided by America Online allowed law enforcement authorities to trace the past week's worldwide virus rampage back to the New Jersey man described as the "electronic saboteur" who authored Melissa. Read more

6 April, 1999 by ZDNet

5 years ago...Hackers multiply Melissa virus threat

...as possible. 31.03.04: The appearance of variant iterations of the Melissa virus is a further indication of quite how much this one infection... Read more

31 March, 2004 by silicon.com staff

Melissa virus writer jailed

...the world's computer networks three years ago... The creator of the Melissa virus has been jailed for 20 months and forced to pay a... Read more

2 May, 2002 by Joey Gardiner

Melissa virus: have we learned anything

Three years ago today but what's changed? The notorious Melissa virus struck networks for the first time three years ago today but... Read more

26 March, 2002 by Pia Heikkila

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