This is a post re: the virus that I sent to Joe, from a website---address
at the end.
>To: Joe Thome <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Parkinson's
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>By the way-- you also sent me a post with an attachment-- "Happy
>99.exe.2" , I am afraid to try to open it (even if I could) because it
>seems to have the same name as a VIRUS that is going around the net. Are
>you aware of that? Here is part of an article about it from the web:
>******
>The W32/Ska.A Virus and the Happy99.EXE Dropper
>
>by Bruce P. Burrell ([log in to unmask])
>for the U-M Virus Busters ([log in to unmask])
>Last Modified: 02 July, 1999
>
>This information can be freely reproduced in any medium, as long as the
>information is unmodified.
>
>Every once in a while, a virus gets lucky. After all, there are over
>40,000 viruses that affect PC computers today
>(March, '99), but only 600 or so pose any real threat. Viruses have
>existed since 1986, and many of these viruses are
>old ones. Sometimes, of course, a new virus becomes a real threat
>
>The W32/Ska.A virus got lucky.
>
>There's nothing particularly notable about this virus. In fact, it can't
>even replicate without:
>
> the help of the naive user (by wantonly executing an unsolicited
>attachment, which one should NEVER do,
> even if sent by the person you trust most in the world), or
> by inexcusably lax settings in an email program (allowing automatic
>launching of attachments).
>
>But W32/Ska.A has become a nuisance and, though we usually prefer to leave
>the real viruses to the antivirus industry
>web pages, this particular thing has caused lots of email warnings, and
>people ask us if they are hoaxes. So that we
>don't have to respond at length to each such query, we've written this page.
>
>(SNIPPED)
>*****
>Just in case you didn't know about it----
>You will find the full article and how to get rid of the virus on this
>website:
>
>http://www.umich.edu/~wwwitd/virus-busters/
>
>As a caregiver for your wife, would you like to join the CARE list I
>mentioned in our homepage? If so, I'll send you directions.
>
> Take care, and watch out for those attachments!
>
>
>
Camilla Flintermann, <[log in to unmask]>
CG for Peter, 81/70/55 co-owner, CARE list
http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm
"If the only tool you have is a hammer,
everything looks like a nail. "
----Abraham Maslow
