It look inocuous enough, but it attaches itself to your system, changes
some of the dll files for those of you in the Windows world, then
proceeds to send itself out to just about everyone that you e-mail to.
It keeps track by writing another file on your hard drive, and in
general is a nuisance. So yes, I have seen that virus--I was a typhoid
Mary with it when it first hit the US, having gotten it in an e-mail
from my son. If you receive an e-mail with an attachment called
Happy99.exe DO NOT OPEN IT. That is what activates it--when it is
opened, it produces a cute fireworks like display on your screen, and
while you are watching the show, it is making changes to your system
files. Since our P-15 is called Pyro Tech, you can imagine that trusting
Mom that I am assumed that my son was sending me something for our
fireworks collection--he didn't know he had it, and it is still making
its way around. I am not suggesting that you e-mail this to everyone, as
I find that method sort of obnoxious, but you do need to realize that
yes, there are viruses out there, and they can be disruptive.
Mary
P-15, #831, Pyro Tech
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