-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Harris <chmt@wvnvm.wvnet.edu> To: OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:20 AM Subject: Re: the Happy "worm" >>But that was an interesting question, how does a person know when she/he has >>the "worm"?? I don't know!! But I'd like to find out too. I suppose when >>you run your anti-virus program that I assume everyone has, it will show >up or >>alert you in some way. >>Anyone have more info? Now I was startled to say the least last evening!! I was searching for some midi's and it took me to a site and when the page wasn't in english I probably should not have gone. It opened really, really fast with explosions and fireworks. It automatically went from one page to another you had no controls of it, I thought of this and tried to get out when it did it made be come all the way out of my communications program. So far no problem, but it wasn't a file I had opened it was a url using a search engine that I called up for music... I will run some kind of program for it tonight to say the least. I searched for the happy extension but could not find it, > >HAPPY99.EXE --- How do I get it? > >Happy99.exe arrives as an email attachment or news message attachment. >Double clicking the Happy99.exe program infects your computer. You know >that you're infected when you see a window named "Happy New Year 1999 !!" >that contains a display of moving fireworks. Don't run the program and you >won't get infected. > >HAPPY99.EXE --- Detection & Removal > >If you don't already own a virus detection and removal software package, >you do need to buy one soon....in the mean time for ONLY HAPPY99.EXE >detection & removal, try the following FREE solution... > >The following program is free and I've tried it several times on infected >computers at work, IT DOES WORK. This single file program is small enough >to store on a 3.5" diskette for sharing or storing a copy. THE LINK TO >OBTAIN THE PROGRAM IS LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS MESSAGE. > >This FREE program allows anyone to remove the Happy99 worm code from their >computer. No skill level is required by the user. It also will report on >all the Email addresses that you have sent the Virus/Worm code to. > >It will NOT protect you from future infections of HAPPY99, but you can >continue to use it to remove HAPPY99 if you become infected again. Once >you download the program, there is really nothing to do as the user but run >the program. It will prompt you if the HAPPY99 code is present on your >computer (it will also tell you if it's not). So you can run this to check >and see if you're infected now, and to check in the future. > >Happy99 Cleaner 2.0 > >From: Craig Schmugar >Minimum reqs. Windows 95/98/NT >Approx. download time: 3 min. at 28.8 kbps > >Questions, or Comments? Send mail to: craig@craig.medill.nwu.edu > >Description: This program will safely remove the >Happy99 virus from your machine and (if applicable) >show you a list of email addresses that you sent the >virus to. It will not protect you from further infection--it >will only remove the virus from your system. For more >information on the virus, please visit the developer's >Web site. > > http://craig.medill.nwu.edu/happy99/ > > >Let your friends know!!! > > > > >==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== >The Bicentennial for the state of OHIO is coming soon. If interested >in helping or just interested, visit http://www.ohio200.com > >