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Re: damned happy99 virus, sorry guys and gals

To: Eric Linnhoff <eric10mm@qni.com>
Subject: Re: damned happy99 virus, sorry guys and gals
From: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:31:15 -0600
Is this for real or just somemore more Linnhoff  Bull@8&%
You gotta watch this guy all the time.

Mike

Eric Linnhoff wrote:

> Apparently Lieberman sent me a virus unknowingly and I, also unknowingly,
> passed it along to the entire list.
>
> Sorry.
>
> But I've got a fix for it.  Apparently it's a fairly benign virus which just
> attaches itself to every e-mail that you send out.
>
> Here's the cure as sent to the Neon mailing list by a more knowledgeable
> fellow than I.
>
> *** DO -NOT- EXTRACT AND RUN THIS FILE!!!! ***
>
> happy99.exe is an internet worm virus vor win95/nt systems.  if you run
> it, it displays some pretty fireworks, but behind the scenes it alters
> your winsock system files and from that point forth, any address you send
> mail to will also recieve a copy of the program.  i'm sure eric didn't
> intentionally send this out - if you look at the message headers, you'll
> see the X-Spankska: Yes line.
>
> for more information (including a fix) check out:
>
> http://www.pspl.com/trojan_info/win32/happy99.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM
>
> See you on course.
>
> Eric Linnhoff in KC
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>
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