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Subject:Re: happy 99
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date:Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:05:20 -0800

At 9:50 AM 3/26/99, Bryan Feddish wrote:
>Those of you curious enough to have executed that attached exe to one of the
>posts now have the Happy99 worm program on their systems.  This is not a
>virus (it is a worm program) and it's relatively new so your current virus
>software may not be able to detect it.  Here is how to get rid of it:
>
>-delete WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SKA.EXE
>-delete WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SKA.DLL
>-replace WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.DLL with WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.SKA
> (You'll probably have to boot into DOS to do this as Winsock is probably
>loaded)
>-delete the downloaded file, usually named HAPPY99.EXE
>
       :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)

        As a Macintosh user, I can't help but

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