Technical Details
Also known as "Ska", the worm spreads through email attachments and usenet. When executed, animated fireworks and a "Happy New Year" message are shown. The worm modifies Winsock, a Windows communication library, to allow itself to spread. The worm then attaches itself automatically to all subsequent emails and newsgroup posts sent by a user. The worm modifies a registry key to automatically start itself when the computer is rebooted. In some cases, the program may cause several error messages to appear.
The worm was written by a French virus writer known as "Spanska". Other than propagating itself, the worm does no further damage to an infected computer. The worm typically uses port 25 to spread, but uses port 119 if port 25 is not available. The executable of the worm is 10000 bytes in size; a list of spammed newsgroups and mail addresses is stored on the infected hard drive. The worm will only spread if the Winsock library is not set to read-only.
Read more about this topic: Happy99
Famous quotes containing the words technical and/or details:
“The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the theory of pure color equipped the impressionists to paint nature as if it had only just been created.”
—Nancy Hale (b. 1908)
“Working women today are trying to achieve in the work world what men have achieved all along—but men have always had the help of a woman at home who took care of all the other details of living! Today the working woman is also that woman at home, and without support services in the workplace and a respect for the work women do within and outside the home, the attempt to do both is taking its toll—on women, on men, and on our children.”
—Jeanne Elium (20th century)