A current virus circulating the globe at high speed should be brought to your attention. It uses a Visual Basic script to mess with mail systems which speak that language such as MS Outlook. It comes as email with the subject "I Love you" and carries an attachment called ILOVEYOU.TXT.vbs.

Do NOT open the attachment. Among other things, if you are using a vulnerable mail application, it will attach itself to 150 names from your address list and send itself to them. It has also been known to blank out all the user configuration setting in Netscape Communicator in one case. Mine.

Just trash the email. it is despicable that some dweeb-psycho should use the most treasured message in our vocabulary to harm people's working environments this way. I spit. Blgggh.

Be alert for it -- I have received two copies this morning appearing to come from company offices, and have heard it has spread as far as Asia.

Amos