Off topic...two trains collide in 11 miles and happyexe. 99

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Two trains collided just 11 miles from the train wreck that occured last week.

My server has a large notice that pops up on the screen as soon as I get on the net. It says do not open an email that has "happy exe.99" as the opening. Can mess up your computer.

-- Linda A. (adahi@muhlon.com), March 23, 1999

Answers

Although it sounds a little like some of the email virus hoaxes, this is real. The worst thing about happy99.exe is that it can potentially double email traffic on a network. More information about happy99.exe a.k.a. the Win32 SKA worm, what it is and how to get rid of it can be found at:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/3652/SKA.HTM

and

http://email.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa022299.htm

-- Robert Neely (robert_neely@ncsu.edu), March 23, 1999.


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