Try telling all the system admins who's mail servers have fallen over that
it is harmless.  Happy99 can generate a huge amount of traffic on busy
systems.

Regards

Mike Rigby-Jones


> Do you realize how many people will delete this because of the subject
> alone?
> Too many hoaxes have this EXACT same subject.  Anyways, Happy99 is
> harmless,
> it's not even a virus really, it backs up the winsock files!!!  That's
> like a
> robber breaking into a store, stealing stuff, and then locking the door
> when
> he leaves <vbg> -- or replacing the stolen stuff.
>
>
> In short, there's no need to get nervous about this virii.
>
> Muchos Gracias (thanks)
>
> Tim Hamel
>
> In a message dated 5/17/99 12:22:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> Jean-Yves.Seyler@CNES.FR writes:
>
> > Hello all PICer : here below is the message I got from my EMail security
> :
> >
> >  I translate the least you should understand :
> >
> >  Somebody tried to send you a virus via a joint file.
> >  Subject was : "Bresenham's_Algorithm"
> >  Virus is : virus or variant W32/Ska
> >