>>>>I'd say it is one, since it propagates itself. It isn't just a trojan horse. But I gather that it doesn't do some of the things traditional viruses do, like attaching itself to executable files, writing to the boot sector, or modifying normal.dot like a Word macro virus. According to some website I don't currently have handy, Norton is working on some sort of fix. But could such a virus be detected by a typical anti-virus program?
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>>>It is most definitely a virus, you can't get much more so than this. What starts as email propogation is just the opening volley. It then renames OS dlls, registry entries, and various other files.
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>>>It is much more serious that we first suspected here, for those who opened it.
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>>Bruce,
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>>From what I gather, this is an Outlook specific virus that operates through the WSH? Can you or anyone else tell me if is this correct?
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>George look at www.drsolomon.com/home/vbslove.htm it may lead you to the answer. Oh and by the way guess what book finally arrived today? Yes Windows Script Host, I am designating tomorrow a reading day for me, as yesterday I put out a new release of our software and I need a relaxation period.

That's terrific Bret. I'm sure you'll get plenty of ideas from it.