RE: SV: [T3] fuel injection woes? - and Happy99.exe!

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

The following instructions are valid, just in case anybody is interested.
The info is on the McAffee page listed, and the files it refers to are all
exactly where it says they will be.

Only problem is, from an IS standpoint, I have seen this bogus thing
floating around my office.  Sigh.  Long nights, lots of OT.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Tom Cloud [SMTP:computerspace@hotmail.com]
	Sent:	Sunday, February 07, 1999 6:28 PM
	To:	Karl-Olov.Sandin@MoDoSkog.MoDoGroup.com;
TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net; type3@vwtype3.org
	Subject:	Re: SV: [T3] fuel injection woes? - and Happy99.exe!

	Hi all,

	Well, being the trusting guy I am here's what I did. 

	Thinking it might be a cool program from another T3'er, I downloaded
	the program (I know, I shouldn't but read on), since I'm using 
	Hotmail, I have the option to scan any downloads prior to loading 
	them on my hard drive, so I scanned it first. It came up clean! So
	I downloaded it and ran it. Thought ok, pretty cool.

	Then come's along Karl's message below, and I think...Oh S...! just
	what I need. So since I have Mcafee on my system anyway, thought it
	might be a good time to update the 'ole virus dat files so I go to
	their site and guess what I see right on the front page - A virus
	warning about happy99.exe. 

	they have a fix for it on the page, here's the address if any of you
	also have Mcafee...

	http://beta.nai.com/public/datafiles/valerts/vinfo/w32ska.htm

	Luckly, I had noŸ9Úed my system after I ran the program and I
	deleted all programs and dll's referenced on the page before it
could
	spread any further.

	Sorry for no T3 content but I thought this info might be important
	to others on the list that might have downloaded this 'cool'
program.

	Regards,
	Tom Cloud



	>From: "Sandin, Karl-Olov" <Karl-Olov.Sandin@MoDoSkog.MoDoGroup.com>
	>To: "'Keith Park'" <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net>,
type3@vwtype3.org
	>Subject: SV: [T3] fuel injection woes? - and Happy99.exe!
	>Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:50:26 +0100
	>
	>HEY!
	>Watch it with this "Happy99.exe" attachment! It seems to be a nice
=
	>harmless
	>firework, but it is a "Trojan horse".
	>It's a virus that infects your computer when you run the program,
but =
	>you
	>won't notice that immediatly. It wont get started until next
reboot.
	>Luckily, it's not so harmful, but it can mess up your computer a
lot. =
	>BE
	>CAREFUL WITH ATTACHMENTS AND KEEP THEM OFF THE LIST!
	> (Sorry for yelling at you - got upset...)
	>
	>P.S Keith - I assume you sent this around with good intentions and
	>not-knowing? If not - shame on you...
	>
	>/Karl-Olov Sandin (just infected...)
	>=D6rnsk=F6ldsvik, Sweden
	>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
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	>> Skickat:	 den 6 februari 1999 17.33
	>> Till:	type3@vwtype3.org
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