Argg! Got me this time. It slipped under my McAfee shield and
pooped on my disk. The fix (see
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html) is
easy and since it's a worm and not a virus, no damage was done. I
expect my last message has this $%&@*! attachment on it.
I have scanned the online course I just posted for other viruses
with latest virus McAfee checker (2/15/99) and there do not
appear to be any vermin there. If you are at all concerned or
suspicious, just don't run any of the exe files there that are
downloadable. The web pages should be fine and the java script
appears to be safe.
I think Wayne will be as surprised as the rest of us about this.
His previous email to me a couple of weeks ago was clean. But
that's how this worm works. It attaches itself to outgoing email
messages and if the recipient actually runs the attachement you
get it (but reading the message is safe).
Moral: DON'T run any email attachements. Even trusted people may
not realize they're being used as mules. Like, um... me.
Thanks, Mats.
Mats Elfstr�m wrote:
> Dear list readers!
>
> In a recent posting to this list, mr Wayne Tinlin,
> GIS Project Manager of BDT & Associates in Ha Noi, Viet Nam
> happened to attach the current TrojanHorse or worm program
> 'Happy99'.
>
> BEWARE of running the file happy99.exe!
> (or any other unknown executable email attachments for that
> matter).
>
> Simply delete such mails, and also inform the sender that he
> has been
> exposed in the act of spreading malicious software on the
> Internet.
> As for the product Mr Tinlin announces, I should be most
> careful before
> running any of that stuff, if not Mr Tinlin will be able to
> reassure us
> of its integrity.
>
> Read all about the Happy99 worm at
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html
>
> If you want to digitally sign, or receive signed mails, may i
> suggest
> the Verisign ID scheme. Look at http://www.verisign.com/
>
> By enrolling for a digital ID, you will be able to
> electronically sign
> your mails, thus enabling any recipient to verify their
> authenticity.
> I have been asked not to digitally sign postings to this list,
> since
> they create an attachment unknown to some systems, or else I
> would have
> demonstrated.
>
> (I am not in any way affiliated with Verisign)
> Regards, Mats.E
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