

| Subject: | FW: Virus Warning |
| From: | Morrell, Edward |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Mar 1997 08:52:39 -0700 |
Info for your use I received today. Hope no one got nailed on this one. Received from my network administrator. Ed >Subject: Virus Warning > > >"" There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. You >receive an email 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" >nationwide. >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. > >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 ON LINE that is unparalleled >in its destructive capability. Other more well-known viruses such as >"Stones" "Airwolf" and "Michaelangelo" pale in comparison to the prospects >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 affected >and spread through the existing email 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 "Good Times". > >Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been received simply by NOT >READING IT! The act of loading the file into the mail servers ASCII buffer >causes the "GoodTimes" 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 receive-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 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 alot >of time >and money. > >PASS THIS WARNING ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW --- DO IT NOW !!!!! >
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