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Here be careful with what you people are recieving. This can destroy
you computer. PLease read. It's a smart thing to do.
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> David A. McLean [log in to unmask] "Check this out!
See
> GNST, CPSC [log in to unmask] if this one moves you"
> 781 RCACS http://www.ucalgary.ca/~damclean/ - M. Bivins
>
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>
> >>
> >>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.
If
> >you
> >>receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Good Times", DO
NOT
> >read
> >>the
> >>message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages below.
> >>Some miscreant is sending e-mail under the title "good times"
> >nation-wide.
> >>If you get anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It has a
> >virus that
> >>rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it. Please be
> >careful
> >>and forward this mail to anyone you care about--I have.
> >>
> >>*********************Forwarded Message****************************
> >>WARNING!!!!!!!!!: INTERNET VIRUS
> >
> >>The FCC released a warning last Wednesday concerning a matter of
> >major
> >>importance to any regular user of the InterNet. Apparently, a new
> >computer
> >>virus has been engineered by a user of America Online that is
> >>unparalleled in its destructive capability. Other, more well-known
> >viruses such as Stoned,
> >>Airwolf, and Michaelangelo pale in comparison
> >>to the prospects of this newest creation by a warped mentality.
> >>What makes this virus so terrifying, said the FCC, is the fact
that
> >no
> >>program needs to be exchanged for a new computer to be infected.
It
> >can
> >>be spread through the existing e-mail systems of the InterNet.
Once
> >>a computer is infected, one of several things can happen. If the
> >computer contains a
> >>hard drive, that will most likely be destroyed. If the program
is
> >>not stopped, the computer's processor will be placed in an
> >nth-complexity infinite binary
> >>loop -which can severely damage the processor if left running
that
> >way too
> >>long. Unfortunately, most novice computer users will not
realize
> >what
> >> is happening until it is far too late.
> >>Luckily, there is one sure means of detecting what is now known
as
> >the
> >>"Good Times" virus. It always travels to new computers the same
way in
> >a text
> >> e-mail message with the subject line reading simply "Good
Times".
> >>Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been received - not
> >>reading it. The act of loading the file into the mail server's
ASCII
> >buffer causes
> >>the "Good Times" mainline program to initialize and execute.
The
> >program is
> >>highly intelligent - it will send copies of itself to everyone
> >>whose e-mail address is contained in a received-mail file or a
sent-
> >mail file, if it
> >>can find one. It will then proceed to trash the computer it is
running
> >on.
> >>The bottom line here is - if you receive a file with the subject
> >>line "Good Times", delete it immediately! Do not read it!
Rest
> >assured that
> >>whoever's name was on the "From:" line was surely struck by the
virus.
> >>Warn your friends and local system users of this newest threat to
> >>the InterNet!
> >>It could save them a lot of time and money.
> >
> >>- - - - - - - - - - Rodolfo Konig - - - - - - - - - -
> >> r k o n i g @ w p i. e d u
> >> h t t p://w w w. w p i. e d u / ~r k o n i g/
> >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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