Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:33:07 05/13/99
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On May 13, 1999 at 14:03:57, James Swafford wrote: > >Kind of off topic, but I've received an email >from a member of this forum that is infected >w/ the 'happy99' virus (or actually, worm). > >This nasty creature spreads by sending a second >email with a file attachment to anybody you >email. I received 'mine' thru hotmail, Mcafee >failed to detect it, but Norton 5.0 got it. > >Hopefully this thing doesn't circulate throughout >this group. :-/ > >Read more at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html. > >-- >James I have recieved two suspicious attachments; a few months ago I was sent a Happy99.exe, which I immediately deleted (I had heard about the virus), and just yesterday someone from this club sent me two emails; the first was fine, but the second had just the file !LGGold.uue attached. I don't know how to open it, and I just read the url you listed that said that it sends a uuencoded Happy99.exe. Is there any reason for me to be worried? Has anybody been recieving attachments from me other than my program? James
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