FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Melissa is a “macro virus” that can affect users of Microsoft’s Word 97 or Word 2000. Macro viruses are computer viruses that use an application’s own macro programming language to reproduce themselves. Macro viruses can inflict damage to the document or to other computer software.

Detailed explanation-2: -Melissa was a type of email virus that initially became an issue in early 1999. It was a mass-mailing macro virus that targeted Microsoft Word-and Outlook-based systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bugs aren’t malware, they’re simply computer programming mistakes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The recipients of this message were the first 50 addresses ‘Melissa. A’ found in the address book in Outlook. This was the first macro virus that used this technique, until this moment there hadn’t been a virus that affected users by sending a Word document within an email.