ATTENTION
Virus Alert: 
[Melissa.U Virus Variant]

Date: Oct. 18, 1999
Severity: A (Severe)
Effect of Attack: 

This destructive variant of the Melissa.U virus attempts to delete several 
critical system files rendering an infected computer unusable.  It also 
attempts to automatically replicate to the first four available recipients in 
the infected user's address book.  Most current anti-virus software products 
DO NOT detect this variant at this time.

How To Prevent From Being Infected:
If you receive an email message with the subject line "pictures" and body 
text "What's up?", then delete it immediately and notify the Help Desk 

Always 'Disable Macros' if given a choice.


Please note our policy on email attachments: 

Email

Malicious Code (Virus) Screening
In addition to the Enron requirement for email attachments (received and 
sent) to be screened for malicious code (viruses, Trojan Horses, etc.), users 
of Enron information resources are required to detach email attachments that 
are received on to their hard drive for local virus screening purposes. 

All executables (*.bat, *.exe, *.com) files should never be launched from 
email without first consulting with IT. 

Virus Alerts
The Internet is constantly being flooded with information about computer 
viruses and Trojan Horses. However, within among real virus notices are 
computer virus hoaxes. While these hoaxes do not infect systems, they are 
still time consuming and costly to handle. It only wastes bandwidth and 
un-necessarily alarms other computer users.

Please, do not perpetuate unconfirmed warnings about viruses and Trojan 
Horses. If you receive an un-validated warning, don't pass it to all your 
friends, pass it to your IT computer security manager to validate first. 

Enron 
Information Risk Management
713-853-5536