Virus Alert - Do not click Happy99.exe
Sandra Unger (ssunger@ix.netcom.com)
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:42:13 -0500
Hello,
Apparently a real virus/worm is spreading via email. Do not click on an icon
called Happy99.exe. When an infected computer sends an email message, the
worm
sends a second message with the same title to the same address and includes
the
Happy99.exe icon. If the recipient clicks the Happy99-icon, a window opens
and
displays a pretty fireworks display. Behind the scenes, the recipient's
computer is being infected.
More details can be found at the following web pages:
<<http://www.avp.com/happy/body_happy.html>http://www.avp.com/happy/body_ha
ppy.html>
This page has a detailed description of what the virus/worm does and how to
remove it (mostly, replace the viral wsock32.dll with the renamed original
wsock32.ska.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2195075,00.html
This is a ZDnet article that gives a less technical description of the worm.
Sandra Unger