[Fwd: Virus alert]

[Paul Hoetjes]

A recent message sent to the list contained an attachment
called happy99.exe. On the CTURTLE list a similar message
recently was followed by this warning:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Virus alert
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:37:01 -0500
From: Peter Bennett <honu at TURTLES.ORG>
Reply-To: Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
<CTURTLE at LISTS.UFL.EDU>
To: CTURTLE at LISTS.UFL.EDU

The last email from JIWLP <jiwlp at PACBELL.NET> was followed
by a
post that includes the HAPPY99 worm. You will have received
email with no text, just an attachment named HAPPY99.EXE.

                      WARNING: DO NOT RUN THIS PROGRAM!

If you have already run HAPPY99 (and it is obvious that Wil
Burns
or someone at JIWLP <jiwlp at PACBELL.NET> already has), go to:

  <http://members.tripod.com/docsmiley/happy99.htm>

for instructions on how to remove it. For details about the
worm
and its effects, see:


<http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/w32ska.htm>

Please don't blame Wil Burns for this, he's a victim.