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Article #35Re: GUN AUCTION IS A VIRUS!! DO NOT OPEN!!!
From: bigguy
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 00:00
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Bill, I am no expert on this but believe that you must open the file with netscape to be infected, but that there is a flaw in Outlook Express that will allow infection without you opening the file. There is information and patches you can download at both Microsoft.com and netscape.com. Happy 99 is a worm that attaches itself to all your email and messages, after you open and view the file. This happens without you even being aware of it. Check Happy99.exe on a search engine for more information and instructions to delete it. Bill Velek wrote: > > DZM wrote ... nothing; just a subject line. > > I know that "Happy99.exe" is supposed to be a virus, and I haven't > opened it. What about the second post under "Gun Auction" by the > same poster? It looks like a graphic starts to download automatically, > so I stopped it. Can a virus be transmitted via a graphic viewed on > a newsgroup? I wasn't taking any chances, so I stopped the download > before completed, and so I haven't the faintest idea of what the > graphic is. > > Thanks for the warning. > > Bill Velek, Pro-Gun Judge & Prosecutor - Defending the Second Amendment! > Register at DirectedFire to WIN A FREE GUN and then visit my site below: > http://directedfire.com/greatgungiveaway/directedfire.referrer.fcgi?1662 > ProGun: http://www.velek.com/gun Anti: http://www.velek.com/bill/boycott > RKBA! * At least 83,000,000 gun owners behaved peacefully today. * RKBA!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 115cd9,dc9acc7754ef86a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid115cd9,public X-Google-Thread: 10a039,dc9acc7754ef86a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a039,public X-Google-Thread: 109ef8,dc9acc7754ef86a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid109ef8,public X-Google-Thread: 10d85b,dc9acc7754ef86a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d85b,public X-Google-Thread: 10162c,dc9acc7754ef86a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid10162c,public From: bigguy <bigguy@tough.com> Subject: Re: GUN AUCTION IS A VIRUS!! DO NOT OPEN!!! Date: 2000/09/21 Message-ID: <39C957A2.AE514B7D@tough.com> X-Deja-AN: 672264748 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <38814E75.FFA2F026@earthlink.net> <39C84B07.B49756AD@cyberback.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 969496147 63.212.149.231 (Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:29:07 PDT) Organization: none MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:29:07 PDT Newsgroups: dc.talk.guns,alt.rec.guns,gun.general,ca.firearms,att.talk.guns