Those of you curious enough to have executed that attached exe to one of the posts now have the Happy99 worm program on their systems. This is not a virus (it is a worm program) and it's relatively new so your current virus software may not be able to detect it. Here is how to get rid of it: -delete WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SKA.EXE -delete WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SKA.DLL -replace WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.DLL with WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WSOCK32.SKA (You'll probably have to boot into DOS to do this as Winsock is probably loaded) -delete the downloaded file, usually named HAPPY99.EXE Bryan www.charlestownsoftware.com vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |
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