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To: Wizzer who wrote (3607)	2/5/1999 9:12:00 PM
From: Ed Pakstas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62348

JUST GOT THIS IN MY E-MAIL...NOT A JOKE!!!!! A legitimate virus alert has just been received from ISB in Victoria. > > The virus is a Win32-based worm. This computer worm is a kind of virus > program that does not affect files to spread its copies, but just sends > itself to the Internet as an attachment in the e-mail messages. This worm > arrives as an attachment in e-mails as a HAPPY99.EXE file. Note: the > affected sender does know that the worm appends attaches on sending. > > When an infected attachment is opened/executed and gets control, the worm > displays a funny firework in a program's window to hide its malicious > nature. During that time it installs itself into the system, hooks > sendings to the Internet, converts its code to the attach and appends it > to the messages. As a result the worm being installed into the system is > able to spread its copies to all the address the messages are sent to. > > Do not open and do not execute the HAPPY99.EXE file that you have received > as an attachment in any message even if you get it from trusted source. > You should also remember: the files that you have got from the Internet > can contain malicious code that may infect your computer, destroy the > data, send confidential files to the Internet, or install spy programs to > monitor your computer from remote host. ...ed