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Happy99.exe is a virus that is relatively harmless , but that attaches
itself to outgoing e-mails once you execute it. It plays a fireworks
display when you execute it. The person who sent you the mail may not have
been the one that the virus originated with.
Dave
>I got the following email a few minutes ago. It had a file (Happy99.exe)
>attached. I was a bit suspicious, since I'd not heard of this address
>before, so I scanned the executable in my eudora\attach directory and did
>not execute it. Sure enough, F-PROT 3.05 tells me that the executable is
>infected with a virus. Details follow. If any of you can think of anyone
>else who should be notified of this, please feel free to forward this
>message as you see fit. I've already notified abuse@xxxxxxxx and
>sans@xxxxxxxxx If you get a copy of the original of this virus spam, do
>not execute the happy99.exe program.
>
>
>Search: .
>Action: Report only
>Files: Standard file extensions
>Switches: <none>
>No viruses found in memory.
>Hard disk boot sectors were not scanned.
>
>G:\PROGRA~1\Qualcomm\EUDORA~1\Attach\HAPPY99.EXE Infection:
W95/Ska.10000.worm
>
>Results of virus scanning:
>
>Files: 14
>MBRs: 0
>Boot sectors: 0
>Objects scanned: 14
>Infected: 1
>Suspicious: 0
>Disinfected: 0
>Deleted: 0
>Renamed: 0
>
>Time: 0:01
>
>
>
>>X-Persona: <portal>
>>Received: from mail.rdc1.ab.home.com (imail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[24.64.2.50])
>> by pop3.portal.ca (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA04475
>> for <ufischer@xxxxxxxx>; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:12:16 -0700 (PDT)
>>Received: from 24.64.51.181.ab.wave.home.com ([24.64.51.181])
>> by mail.rdc1.ab.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111)
>> with SMTP
>> id
>>
<19990609211214.GBPD1126.mail.rdc1.ab.home.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>> for <ufischer@xxxxxxxx>; Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:12:14 -0700
>>From: James Lucyk <jlucyk@xxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: Hot Stocks for June
>>X-Spanska: Yes
>>Message-Id:
>><19990609211214.GBPD1126.mail.rdc1.ab.home.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
om>
>>Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:12:15 -0700
>>X-UIDL: b2b8b20e18ec92f8bade6aea70890682
>>
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