I wouldn't call anything that's self-replicating "harmless" exactly -
I think Jory & I have found it a PAIN, frankly.  (Personally, as I run
WFW 3.11, it cannot burn me.)  Each launch of the dang thing takes up
time & each "Is a virus warning on or off topic" war the piclist gets
into burns some more of my time, and Jory's, and I know one gent at
MIT.EDU that would probably froth at the mouth if you called this 'un
"harmless."

  Technically it's a worm, from an Internet users' standpoint it's a
worm that preys on newer Internet users while using up bandwidth that
could be used for other purposes - Personally, though I cannot be
infested, I would rather have that 11k of bandwidth go to a new good
joke about how many PICListers it takes to understand my sense of humor,
or something <G>

  Mark

Tim Hamel wrote:
>
> 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
> >