Koen wrote:
> what virus is this?
>
Technically, it's a worm, not a virus. It is an .exe file received
as an email attachment. If run, it puts a little graphics display
on the screen of fireworks (kids run it without question and say
"that's cute"). In addition to the fireworks, it worms its way into
your email program and automatically (and not obviously, I
guess) attaches itself to every email that you send. Therefore,
others receive it, think you have sent them a cute program, and
end up sending it out with all of their email, etc.
As stated before, it is not executable on Macs (or not as easy
as double-clicking anyway).
Here is the technical explanation and steps on how to get rid of
it once you have it:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.ht
ml
I have helped several friends rid their system of the Trojan horse
and just received another happy99.exe attachment today!
Ann
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