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RE: [OM] Happy99.exe - warning

Subject: RE: [OM] Happy99.exe - warning
From: Dave Bulger <dbulger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:32:31 -0600
I've gotten two of these so far -- one from work & one at home.  Norton's got 
an update for it if you use it.

Dave

On Monday, December 06, 1999 10:54 AM, John Hermanson [SMTP:omtech@xxxxxxxxx] 
wrote:
> There is another virus which starts with a note "Newpics4you" or something
> like that.  This one is very nasty and set up to delete files on your C and
> D drives.  If you get mail that says "The pictures you requested are
> attached"  or something like that, delete immediately and empty your recycle
> bin.
> 
> John
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> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Hudson <jahudson@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 8:57 PM
> Subject: [OM] Happy99.exe - warning
> 
> 
> > I have received happy99.exe as an attached file on an incoming message
> from
> > the list. The message came from a subscriber in Europe and contained
> > nothing other than the attached file. Fortunately my Norton anti-virus
> > program caught the attached file immediately it was received and was
> deleted.
> >
> > The subject line of the incoming message was "XA and flash"
> >
> > The following web site gives details about what to do if happy99.exe worms
> > itself into one's computer.
> >
> > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html
> >
> > John Hudson
> > Vancouver, BC
> >
> >
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