Go to http://www.gist.net.au/help/happy99.html They have instructions on how to get rid of it if your virus software doesn't catch it. --tamra At 07:43 AM 3/3/99 -0800, George said, then Barry said: >>I strongly urge everybody to update your virus detection >>programs. This morning on one list (moderated) I got three >>copies of the Happy99 virus. Norton caught them. It will >>destroy a lot of lists. > >Absolutely. This virus is an insidious little bugger that, once ensconced >on your system, seems to covertly send out emails with a copy of itself as >an attachment, without your knowing about it? 2 weeks ago I saw the >attachment "happy99.exe" coming in from a web client in Singapore in an >otherwise blank message. I didn't open it, just trashed it. I never open >file attachments I'm not expecting, and this one was particularly >suspicious. Then a few days later, another client in Singapore sent me the >same thing, the same way! My wife got one as well from a _different_ person >in Singapore, but her Norton AV caught it (clearly it is spreading like >wildfire in Singapore). Of course, I don't think this virus would even run >on my Mac. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hart Consulting http://www.hartcons.com/ Web Design & Engineering Studio Silicon Valley, California 650-967-6162 1-800-749-8032 (fax) ------------------------------------------------------------ ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
