As a confirmation, I want to say that yes the Happy99.exe worm was sent to
the list. The simplest way to avoid being infected is to delete the file
without running it. In Marie's defense, this worm attaches itself to
outgoing mail without the original sender being aware it is sent.
At least now I know my McAfee Anti-Virus internet filter is working... it
warned me as soon as it was downloaded...
Thanks for Stephen & Chuck for being so quick on pointing this out to the
list...
- Marc
At 11:26 AM 3/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>If I am not mistaken, I believe Marie Helweg-Larsen has just posted a
>"worm" to the list, just after I saw the same thing happen on another
>list.
>
>For once, I believe this is not a hoax. If anyone executes this
>programme, possibly even by opening it as an attachment, it will then
>infect the computer and then be passed on to others.
>
>I received the following instructions for dealing with it:
>
>See details on the worm and link to instructions on disinfection at
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/235662.asp
>
>
>Note that your computer will be infected only if you actually execute
>the happy99.exe file (not if you only read the email), and only if
>your computer is running Windows.
>
>-Stephen
>
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>Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661
>Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Lennoxville, QC
>J1M 1Z7
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