Melissa brought the underground virus scene to the mainstream. She brashly forwarded any old Word file and forwarded it to 50 people in your Outlook address book. Melissa’s stay at the top of the virus charts was brief. Within six months of making it onto CNN and Page One of The New York Times, Melissa found herself out of the spotlight and out of work. CSO tracked her down, residing on a 6-year-old PC, sold on eBay for $11 last year.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2116218/catching-up-with-the-melissa-virus.html