LISA Names and nicknames Abbreviation

Melissa

A macro virus that affects Word files in Microsoft Office 97 and Office 2000 and first appeared in the spring of 1999. Melissa is delivered as an attachment to an e-mail with the subject line “An Important Message From ,” a message beginning “Here is that document you asked for.” or both. When the attachment is opened, the virus propagates by sending itself to the first 50 e-mail addresses in the user’s Outlook address book. On the infected machine,