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Let’s imagine that you go to a web site containing a script virus similar to
LoveLetter
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. If your Internet browser has low-level protection, the script virus will
be immediately executed, but Kaspersky AV Script Checker will prevent the
execution of the infected script and protect your computer from the virus attack.
Kaspersky AV Script Checker will send a warning like that shown below (Figure
86):
Figure 86. Warning about a possible virus
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LoveLetter is a dangerous Internet worm that led to mass computer infection in May,
2000. The worm was spread by e-mail messages. When activated it would send itself to
all addresses stored in the Microsoft Outlook address book (see
www.viruslist.com
for
more detail).
