Re: WARNING: file happy99.exe sent through the list tonight is a virus

[Murray Nesbitt <murrayn@home.com>]

Uh, why did you post an empty message with just
the worm if it was "just an accident"?  I think I'll
take this up with your ISP.

To my fellow listers, it's a bad idea to *ever*
execute any program you receive via email.  When
I get one, even from family members, they go 
straight into the trash.

Ob-VR6: it was so pathetic I had to laugh.  Honda
buzzes by me on a 4-lane street, pulls into my 
(right) lane before the next red light.  As usual,
I go to pull into the open lane (I tend to launch a
bit quicker than most drivers).  Honda pulls in 
front of me in the left lane at the last second!
So, of course I pull a quick right to get into
the now empty right lane, and Honda pulls right
again!  By now, he's almost in the middle of the
intersection on a *busy* street, so he runs the
red and takes the next right onto a sidestreet.

Jeez, little Honda buddy, I wasn't gonna hurt you.

Hey Chris, do you drive a Honda by any chance?

Murray in Vancouver
'97 Black GLX

At 03:57 AM 2/8/99 -0500, Christopher Morgan wrote:
>Yup, that was me.  I picked it up from the Triumph T5 list.  Damned
>motorcyclists.  Anyway, to repeat, don't open the "happy99.exe" file
>attachment, just delete it.  If you do, then go here
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM
>for some good instructions on how to get rid of it.  It's pretty easy and
>should take about five minutes at most.  If you sent out any messages after
>opening it, then let the recipients know ASAP.
>
>Sorry for the trouble,
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bryan Purdy <glx97@mindspring.com>
>To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
>Cc: <cmor@home.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 3:15 AM
>Subject: WARNING: file happy99.exe sent through the list tonight is a virus
>
>
>>Received the happy99.exe file mailed through the list tonight.  Inside I
>>found the Happy99.Worm virus.  Had to update my virus definitions to the
>>latest available in order to catch it.  I'd recommend you delete it right
>>away and avoid running the program.  From the nature of the virus, I'm
>>guessing Christopher (the sender) was a victim and not sending it on
>>purpose.
>>
>>The following are the instructions from Norton Anti-Virus on how to clean
>>your system if you have run the program already:
>>
>>"This worm modifies WSOCK32.DLL to send itself as attachment when a
>position
>>is made to USENET or MAIL.  Delete SKA.EXE and SKA.DLL in WINDOWS\SYSTEM
>>folder and replace WSOCK32.DLL with WSOCK32.SKA in WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder."
>>
>>Seems like a fairly non-destructive beast, but it will send itself to all
>>your friends through e-mail.  Could possibly slow down your internet
>>connection as well through the replacement of the key wsock files.
>>
>>Bryan
>>'97 GLX
>