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Virus warning



FYI listers
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Happy99.exe 
Name: Happy99.exe
AKA: W32/Ska, W32/Ska-Happy99, Happy99.Worm, Trojan.Happy99, I-Worm.Happy 
Type: Worm
Happy99.exe is a file that is being sent out as an e-mail attachments or as an
newsgroup postings. When this worm is run it displays a message "Happy New
Year 1999!!" and displays "fireworks" graphics. The worm will add attachments
to a users email and newsgroup postings without the users knowledge. The
computer worm modifies the winsock32.dll file in order to monitor what e-mails
and postings are made from the machine and attaches itself to the messages or
usenet posts. 


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