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Anti-Virus Alert Center; Resource For Today's VBS.Newsletter Virus Bug

May 4, 2000—TORONTO, CANADA— CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. of Toronto, a leading provider of data recovery services, reports that a fix will be forthcoming at its Virus Alert Centre for today’s VBS.LoveLetter virus.

Users can go to http://www.cbldatarecovery.com to learn about the virus and how to fix any damage that has been done to their computer system.

“This worm is a VBS program and is spread by an email attachment,” says CBL’s president Bill Margeson. “The subject line contains the following: “kindly check the attached LOVELETTER. The file received is: LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs”

By opening the attachment the worm is activated by using the Windows Scripting Host program. When the worm is activated it copies itself into the computer’s hard drive and registry.

“Any files with the extensions: JPG, *.JPEG, *.MP3, *.MP2 are replaced with the extension.VBS. For example, PICT.JPG would be replaced with PICT.JPG.VBS and this would contain the worm,” adds Margeson.

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