VERY BAD NEWS - HAPPY99 VIRUS HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED VIA THE QUATTRO LIST

["R. W. Zehr" <rzehr@pacbell.net>]

To Bruce, and anyone who chose to store the Happy99.exe file attached to
his recent post to the list:

1) BRUCE'S SYSTEM IS INFECTED WITH THE HAPPY99 VIRUS !
2) DO NOT STORE OR SAVE THE HAPPY99.EXE FILE
	2A) IF YOU ALREADY DID SO, DO NOT EXECUTE IT. ERASE 	    IT IMMEDIATELY
!
	2B) IF YOU ALREADY RAN THE HAPPY99.EXE PROGRAM, YOUR 
	    SYSTEM HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH THE MELISSA VIRUS AND WILL
	    BEGIN SENDING COPIES OF ITSELF TO OTHERS IN YOUR EMAIL 
	    ADDRESS LISTS.

IF YOU ARE REALLY LUCKY, A VIRUS PROTECTION PROGRAM MAY BE ABLE TO
REMOVE IT FROM YOUR SYSTEM. NORTON ANTIVIRUS WAS UNSUCESSFUL AT DOING SO
ON THREE SYSTEMS I AM PERSONALLY AWARE OF, REQUIRING A COMPLETE SYSTEM
RESTORE (YOU DO HAVE A RECENT BACKUP DON'T YOU...?)

If you get any email from Bruce or anyone else, containing an attached
"Happy99.exe" file, do NOT save or open the file, and please inform them
immediately that they ARE infected.

I'm not a virus expert, and I will not respond to notes asking for help
with this, but I have seen the symptoms, and have had a nightmarish and
ultimately unsuccesful experience trying to eradicate this one from my
Mother's system - she lost 7 months work, and spread it to my brother,
myself, and my nephew...

Good Luck, 
Rick Zehr