Just yesterday I posted a web site to the list which is operated by Symantec and gives a lot of information about viruses, even listing the ones that are real or a hoax. It tells about the Happy 99 and how to deal with it. Karen Anderson ---------- > From: Linda Allred Cooper <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [INKOSCIU-L] Virus Alert - a REAL one! > Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 4:54 AM > > > HI Everybody: > > I've gotten three warnings like the one below from the listowners of some > genealogy chat lists that I belong to, so I feel like this virus is real. > Personally, I haven't received this attachment - the listowners have > stopped it from being posted on their chatlists before it reached me. I'm > updating my Norton Anti-Virus as soon as I send this message out - I > recommend that ya'll do the same. > > Linda > > > > > > > > Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > >Twice I received two messages with the virus trojan horse attachment. > > Both were bounced to me as listowner because it contained virus worm. > > The attachment is named Happy99.exe > > Do NOT open the attachment to read. The sender is usually named Sluggo > from surfsouth.com. The apparent objective was to try to hide behind > files and steal passwords and sent to somewhere else. > > I tell you it is REAL one! Because I had been warned about him by other > listowners who had the misfortune of opening the attachment. > > W. David Samuelsen< > > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm > > > >