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Re: GUN AUCTION IS A VIRUS!! DO NOT OPEN!!!

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From: bigguy
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
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> RKBA! * At least 83,000,000 gun owners behaved peacefully today. * RKBA!
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From: bigguy <bigguy@tough.com>
Subject: Re: GUN AUCTION IS A VIRUS!! DO NOT OPEN!!!
Date: 2000/09/21
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