Hi..
I do believe that what is said about Happy99.exe is NOT a hoax..
I received this file as an attachment 4 times in this week, and
every time it comes, my NAV detects it as a worm..
It seems to be only an annoying .. you can check out what I read
about it..


---------Excrept from Mike Elgan WinLetter-------------
Mike Elgan writes:

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!

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At 01:56 PM 2/4/99 -0700, you 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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