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Subject: Re: VIRUS ALERT
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:19:07 GMT


Protector Plus can automatically detect and remove for the happy99 trojan.
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http://www.pspl.com/trojan_info/win32/happy99.htm

You are welcome to use this information to help those in need.

S R Kadur
http://www.pspl.com

(Margaret Olson) wrote:
> : Despite the fact that we understand that Rootsweb does not post messages
> : with file attachments, the message containing happy99.exe as an attached
> : file *was* posted out to *everyone* reading
> : soc.genealogy.surnames.britain
>
> I don't know what is going on - and I do know it didn't get to everyone.
> My other ISP filters spam and obviously must pay attention to the
> Annihilator type of organization. By now the message has probably been
> removed by the poster (surnames moderator) every place. If you see it
> anyplace now, let me know. Unless your ISP does not honor removal-by-
> poster, we ought to be able to kill it - though having gone out Feb 15,
> it may be long gone by now from your servers.
>
> After checking at DejaNews (which has the message multiple times with NO
> uuencoded content), I saw two or three messages from "Annihilator-1",
> which seems to be a UK entity which removes objectionable material -
> and found that they mention happy99.exe on those.
>
> I also found that SURNAMES-ADMIN is not available right now - though
> I think they got messages a day or two ago. The servers have been
> undergoing upgrades, and if they have this to deal with for newsgroups,
> I'm sure they are busy. I wrote there and have not seen my messages.
>
> Hang in there - and do NOT open attachments or decode uuencoded messages
> unless you know exactly what they contain and get them from someone
> you know.
>
> And thanks for the heads up on this.
>
> Margaret
>

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