JUI-HUA HUANG (jhuang@UCLA.EDU)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:37:33 -0800
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.9902231636330.19329-100000@ocelot.noc.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:37:33 -0800 From: JUI-HUA HUANG <jhuang@UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: happy99.exe
Get the latest McAfee software. This is a real one folks, not a hoax.
Other dangers to watch out for (not viruses technically) are Back Orifice,
NetBus, and Remote PC for those NT users.
Ray
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, John Hokanson Jr. wrote:
> Somebody just sent me an e-mail with this file attached.
>
> So it appears this virus alert might not actually be a hoax.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike <Shadow@internet-95.com>
> To: saturn-list@joyce.eng.yale.edu <saturn-list@joyce.eng.yale.edu>
> Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 9:25 PM
> Subject: happy99.exe
>
>
> > I know this isn't something directly related to Saturn, Dreamcast, Sega,
> >or anything like that, but I felt I should say something since it had to do
> >with the list. I recently found out my computer was infected with the
> >Happy99 worm file, which means whenever I'd send an e-mail it would attach
> a
> >file called Happy99.exe to it, and if anyone ran that file, it would infect
> >their computer as well. Anyway, I did NOT send this on purpose if ever it
> >got onto this list, and I hope I didn't 'cause any problems with anyone.
> >Again, I appologize. Avoid this file at all costs, and if you think you're
> >infected, heck out http://www.avp.com/happy/body_happy.html to find out
> how
> >to fix it.
> >
> >
>