Happy99.exe was no hoax! There are over 40,200 known viruses and this list
keeps growing every day.

Bill

>I suspect that list etiquette is to not pass things like this along.
>It doesn't get my dander up but it has that effect on some folks.
>One reason is that many of these warnings turn out to be spurious.
>This one is no exception.  There's a web site that lists virus hoaxes:
>
>ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
>
>That site says that both of these "viruses" are actually hoaxes.
>
>--------------
>Fred Younger
>91 GL
>
>"- Roy I. Mathers" wrote:
>>
>> Listee's;
>> Received this this pm,Thought I should pass it on
>>
>> Regards, Roy
>> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
>> From: Carole & Mike Zapadinsky <zapped@jps.net>
>> To: roy@juno.com
>> Subject: Re: HELLO
>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:52:32 -0800 (PST)
>> Message-ID: <199902102352.PAA08966@repop2.jps.net>
>>
>> Hello Everyone. we're all fine here, nice to see you too.  Have your
>> heard
>> about this one???
>>
>> This is no Joke, to be taken very seriously...
>>
>> WARNING Message from IBM
>>
>> If you receive an e-mail titiled "JOIN THE CREW" or "PENPALS"
>> DO NOT open it! It will erase EVERYTHING on your hard drive!
>> Send this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a
>> new virus and not many people know about it! This information
>> was received this morning by IBM, Please share it with anyone
>> that might access the internet!!
>>
>> PENPAL appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are
>> interested in a penpal, but by the time you read this letter it
>> is TOO late.
>>
>> The Trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot
>> sector of your hard drive, destroying all the data present. It is a
>> self-replicating virus, and once the message is read it will
>> AUTOMATICALLY forward itself to anyone who's e-mail address is
>> present in your box!  This virus will destroy your hard drive
>> and holds the potential to DESTROY the hard drive of anyone
>> whose mail is in your box and whose mail is in their box and so on and
>> on!
>>
>> So delete any message titled PENPAL or JOIN THE CREW. This
>> virus can do major DAMAGE to worldwide networks!
>>
>> PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND
>> PEOPLE IN YOUR MAILBOXES. AOL HAS SAID THIS IS A VERY
>> DANGEROUS VIRUS AND THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THIS.
>> FORWARD IT TO ALL YOUR ON-LINE FRIENDS A.S.A.P.!
>>