tkt8763-01: Fwd: VIRUS ALERT ! ! !

["April Clark" <a75rc@hotmail.com>]

Subject: VIRUS ALERT ! ! !
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 18:41:14 -0400

ATTENTION ALL ! !  IMPORTANT !  PLEASE READ ASAP!

IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT CALLED HAPPY99
HAS BEEN SENT TO ME VIA AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT.  HAPPY99 RUNS A PROGRAM THAT
PRESENTS A  FIREWORKS GRAPHIC DISPLAY AND IS AN ACTIVE VIRUS THAT
DUPLICATES ITSELF ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.  IT ALSO TAKES THE PLACE OF CRITICAL
FILES ON YOUR HARD DRIVE  IT IS A WORM VIRUS THAT ARRIVES VIA EMAIL.  THE
SENDER DOES NOT KNOW THEY HAVE SENT IT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.   THIS VIRUS IS
SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE.  IF THE ATTACHMENT IS EXECUTED ON A WINDOWS 95/98
SYSTEM, THE COMPUTER BECOMES INFECTED WITH THE HAPPY99 VIRUS.  IF YOU ARE
NOT SURE IF YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN INFECTED, YOU CAN SEARCH YOUR SYSTEM FOR
THE FILES THAT HAPPY99 DEPOSITS.  THESE ARE:

SKA.EXE
SKA.DLL
WSOCK32.SKA

IF YOUR COMPUTER BECOMES INFECTED YOU WILL WANT TO REMOVE THE HAPPY VIRUS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE  HAPPY99 CAN BE REMOVED BY DELETING A FEW FILES AND
RENAMING ANOTHER.  INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE FOUND ON MANY WEBSITES.  HERE IS ONE
I USED.

www.sybaweb.co.za/virusinfo.html

I FOOLISHLY RAN THIS PROGRAM AND MY FILES WERE INFECTED.  SO FAR I HAVE
IDENTIFIED ONLY ONE PERSON THAT IT WAS SENT TO FROM MY COMPUTER.  I WILL
CONTACT YOU ACCORDINGLY.  PLEASE DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS CALLED
HAPPY99.  DELETE THEM PROMPTLY.

PLEASE PASS THIS IMPORTANT INFO ALONG AS IT MAY BE OF HELP TO OTHERS.
PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGIES IF THIS HAS INCONVENIENCED YOU IN ANY
WAY.



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