The Melissa virus was a mass-mailing macro virus released by David L. Smith on March 26, 1999. Distributed through an infected Microsoft Word document, it used Microsoft Outlook to send copies of itself to the first 50 entries in an infected user's address book.
The Melissa virus was a mass-mailing macro virus released by David L. Smith on March 26, 1999. Distributed through an infected Microsoft Word document, it used Microsoft Outlook to send copies of itself to the first 50 entries in an infected user's address book.
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