Travis,

This is what I got about Happy99.exe from one of the online digests
(Langalist, maybe).  Don't think it's a hoax.

Betty

WORM O' THE WEEK
     A harmless but annoying e-mail worm called
     Happy99.exe is spreading fast in Europe and expected
     to invade the United States soon. (A worm is a virus
     that makes copies of itself.) Happy99.exe runs when
     you launch the program, which you would receive as
     an attachment to e-mail. When the worm is launched,
     it opens a window and entertains you with fireworks
     while modifying your WINSOCK32.DLL file. That
     modification enables Happy99.exe to send copies of
     itself to your e-mail friends and newsgroup buddies
     without your awareness. The worm keeps a list of
     addresses and newsgroups it has infected in a file
     named LISTE.SKA. Happy99.exe doesn't delete
     files or destroy data, but it sure is annoying. Win
     Letter Rule of Thumb: Don't open attachments
     from strangers!

Travis W. wrote:
Hello all,
                does anybody have information on the virus Happy99 I
just got an email and I think its a hoax :)))))) any thoughts out there
thank you all :))))))

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