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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 not rebooted 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 noticúTemmediatly. 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----- >> Fr=E5n: Keith Park [SMTP:TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net] >> Skickat: den 6 februari 1999 17.33 >> Till: type3@vwtype3.org >> =C4mne: Re: [T3] fuel injection woes? >>=20 >>=20 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=3Dsubscribe = ><< >> "Happy99.exe" was attached here...>>=20 > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com