Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:45:32 05/13/99
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On May 13, 1999 at 14:41:18, James Swafford wrote: >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 I got curious and opened it anyway, figuring I could outsmart the virus (I am, after all, armed with the URL you gave me). It turned out to be exactly what it said it was; LGGold.exe, exactly the same size as the LGGold.exe I had already downloaded. :) I didn't know *.uue was an encoding format.... James
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