

| Subject: | Re: Happy99.exe - vanagon Digest - 29 May 1999 |
| From: | Paul Mitchum |
| Date: | Sun, 30 May 1999 19:03:51 -0800 |
>what is this happy worm thing? > >> Someone sent the Happy99 worm to this list... It doesn't effect me, since I >> have a Mac, but you should be careful, folks... :-) It's a program which attaches itself to Windows-based email. It gets run when you recieve it, and it replicates itself into other email you send. Eventually it starts being more naughty than just replicating itself, and it starts stealing lots of system resources. Search www.yahoo.com for 'happy99' and get the whole lowdown. :-) Paul Mitchum - '86 VanagonGL (I promise to start posting on-topic soon..<G>) ----- Paul Mitchum <mailto:mile23@usa.net> "Quiet is the absence of noise. Silence is the presence of silence."
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