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> From: Alexander A. Flores <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject:
> Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:20 AM
>
> Announcement !
>
> A new virus called "Happy99.exe" has recently
> surfaced on the Internet and is propagating itself
> via e-mail attachments.
>
> If you see an attached executable happy99.exe, DO NOT
> RUN IT! Delete it at once so that there will be no
> accidental launchings in the future.
>
> It does not attempt to destroy files on infected machines,
> but it sends e-mail posting without the victim's knowledge
> and could cause network slowdown or even crash e-mail server.
>
> If it is run, you will see a window with a fireworks display.
> But behind the scenes, it alters the host computer's WINSOCK.DLL
> (the computer's doorway to the Internet).Then,each time you initiate
> e-mail activity,by either receiving or sending e-mail,it spams
> the e-mail recipient with copies of itself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alexander A. Flores
>

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