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Date:         6/7/96 4:33 PM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Olsen
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>PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE >TO ALL VA FACILITIES ON ALL SYSTEMS IMMEDIATELY !!! > THANKS. >THE MESSAGE FOLLOWS: > >The VA Austin Automation Center (AAC) has received a message from the >Department of Defense regarding a computer virus on the World Wide >Web. If you have anyone at your station using Netscape version 2.0 or >2.1, you should have them disable Java ASAP to avoid the possibility of >picking up a Java virus. Message from DOD follows: > > URGENT! URGENT! URGENT! URGENT! URGENT! URGENT! > > WHAT IS THE PROBLEM -- A hostile Java applet is stalking the World > Wide Web. It is a Black Widow Java called JAVA. Princeton University > Researchers have found hostile java applets on the World Wide Web. > They reside on web sites set up with a malicious intent, and are > downloaded and executed automatically when an innocent user visits > that site. > > WHAT IT COULD DO -- These Java applets are programs that can destroy > data and interfere with your network. They may even upload sensitive > material to a third party. > > WHO DOES THIS APPLY TO -- This applies to all users using > Netscape Navigator 2.0 or Netscape Navigator 2.01. > > HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELVES -- The (DOD) Computer Emergency > Response Team (CERT) staff recommends disabling Java in Netscape > Navigator 2.0 or Netscape Navigator 2.01 until patches are available. > > WHEN SHOULD THIS BE DONE -- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!! > > INSTRUCTIONS ON DISABLING JAVA IN NETSCAPE > 1. Open Netscape Navigator. > 2. Pull down the Help menu. > 3. Click on About Netscape. > 4. Check to see if you have version 2.0 or 2.01. If so, continue > with the next step. If not, then you can not be affected by the > Hostile Java. > 5. Pull down the Options menu. > 6. Click on Security Preferences. > 7. Under General, place a "X" in the Disable Java and the > Disable Java Script box in the Java window. > > This is a short term solution. Netscape Navigator 2.02 is supposed > to contain the fix as a permanent solution. > >

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