Happy99.exe

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just got an e-mail from a newsgroup I belong to saying that they have been infected with the Happy99.exe virus; they provided an URL where there is a procedure to eliminate said virus. Just thought I’d pass the info along to interested Dopers.

http://members.tripod.com/docsmiley/happy99.htm

P.S.: You can also use the GO search engine at the bottom of that page (or go straight to it: http://www.go.com for additional info.

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I use a program called Newsbot that retrieves files from newsgroups- I’ve received the Happy99.exe file many times as a result. Never ran it though- thanks for the link.

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On this same thread I posted in “General Questions”, TubaDiva has since contributed the following URL

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/happy99.worm.html

and Louie, this one:

housecall.antivirus.com .

Thanks to both, on behalf of the Teeming Millions.

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Always here to help.