Re: Virus warning

[Mike VanAmburgh <vwvr6r@fiber.net>]

At first I took this as 'oh no, another stupid virus hoax' until I
realized it was an .exe file.  This site has a little info on this
happy99.exe thing.  It doesn't really say if it's legit, but I would
imagine what described can happen if the exe file is executed.

http://kumite.com/myths 

Just for gee-whiz info for some who may not know, other sites that can
be checked for any e-mails like this that you receive...

http://sassman.net/virus 
http://www.hoaxkill.com 
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html 
http://www.urbanlegends.com 
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

-Mike
88 Scirocco 16V
87 Cabbie



HCharvat@aol.com wrote:
> 
> FYI listers
> ========
> 
> 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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