Re: TECH: Happy99.worm

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

From:  http://ciac.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/cnotes

Current CIAC C-Notes

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

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