Author: James Swafford
Date: 11:41:18 05/13/99
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On May 13, 1999 at 14:33:07, James Robertson wrote: >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 Not if you didn't open it. The person that sent you the email yesterday might have something to worry about, though. -- James
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