Virus alert: more info

Eugene Matusov (ematusov who-is-at UDel.Edu)
Thu, 20 May 1999 11:51:55 -0400

This web site has more information:

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

IF YOU RAN THE PROGRAM AND SAW THE FIREWORKS
then you DO have this virus...

This website has a free virus-cleaning program available.

http://www.download.com/pc/software/1,332,0-44617-g,1000.html?dd.dl.p.0309.0
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Another page, with links to fixes for those who use McAfee or Dr.
Solomon anti-virus programs, is at
http://www.avertlabs.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/w32ska.asp

Yahoo has a page of links that I have not looked at:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Security_and_Encryption/Viruses/
Specific_Viruses/Happy99/

This virus overloads email systems, but does not damage your own computer
the way other viruses (most recently, Chernobyl) will do. This one can be
taken as a wake-up call to make sure that you are using an anti-virus
program and that you periodically update the program's virus-detection
files.

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Eugene Matusov
School of Education
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Office (302) 831-1266
Fax (302) 831-4445
email ematusov who-is-at udel.edu
Website http://ematusov.eds.udel.edu/
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