Virus file: Happy99.exe

[Phillip Dustan]

HAPPY99 IS A VIRUS FOR SURE. DO NOT RUN IT, DISINFECT YOUR MACHINE IF YOU
HAVE.

	Phil Dustan

>An attached file called Happy99.exe was just sent to this list. I'm pretty
>sure it contains a computer virus. A like-named file was just received on
>another list and infected some computers. The file Happy99.exe is a
>program. As I understand it, no harm is done unless you open (or run) the
>program itself. Deleting the file itself (not simply the E-mail message it
>rode in on) gets rid of the problem.
>
>The file came on a message from "CORALations" bearing the subject line:
>"RE: Acropora spp., endangered," dated 2/28/99. Please note that this
>information is just to help you find the virus-bearing file and not to
>place blame on CORALations, who, I'm sure, didn't know this file containted
>a virus.
>
>Cheers,
>Osha
>
>
>Osha Gray Davidson
>14 South Governor St.
>Iowa City, IA 52240 USA
>
>Ph: 319-338-4778
>Fax: 319-338-8606
>osha at pobox.com
>Scholar Affiliate, University of Iowa
>
>

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