Jerry, I can verify that -- a colleague on another listserv received Happy99; her antivirus program discovered it and issued a warning. Kathrynne J Finch wrote: > > STOP! > > This is a virus! > > The virus site at: > http://ciac.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/cnotes > > says: > Update on Happy99.exe Worm - 02/02/99 > > A computer worm called Happy99.exe has been > discovered in the > wild in Europe and will likely spread to North > America. > > Most of the major anti-virus vendors now have > updates that will > allow their software to detect the malicious code. > > Please choose from the link below to download the > product you need. > For McAfee VirusScan 3 (hrlydats): > http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/HRLYDATS.ZIP > For McAfee VirusScan 4 (extra dat): > > http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/extra/w32ska-4.zip > For Dr Solomon's AVTK (extra driver): > > http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/extra/w32ska-7.zip > For Dr Solomon's VirusScan 4 (extra dat): > > http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/extra/w32ska-4.zip > > Other links include: > For Data Fellows: > Data Fellows Offers Free Protection Against the > Happy99.exe Computer Worm > For Symantec: > Happy99.Worm > > -- > Help us save the horses! Habitat for Horses, Inc. > A lifetime home for abused, endangered horses. > http://www.habitatforhorses.org/ -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538 "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -Albert Einstein