"Good Times," again. Urban myths never die, do they?
According to Miriam B Albahari:
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> Subject: Fwd: VIRUS NOTIFICATION, VERY IMPORTANT
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> RE: Fwd: VIRUS NOTIFICATION, VERY IMPORTANT
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> Date: 95-10-24 11:46:41 EDT
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> I figured you should all read and pass along the following message regarding
> a
> particularly nasty virus. Hope everyone's doing well.
> ______________________________________________________________________________
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> cc:
> From: Heather A. Barrie, Milwaukee, 271 / 3313
> Date: 10/24/95 10:07 AM
> Subject: VIRUS NOTIFICATION, VERY IMPORTANT
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> From: Ryan P. McManus, Chicago 69W
> Date: 10/24/95 08:44 AM
> Subject: VIRUS NOTIFICATION, VERY IMPORTANT
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> AA OnLine
> Discussion
>
> Title: ***INTERNET VIRUS*** (Document 2 of 3)
> Author: Jeffrey M. Hurok
> Last Modified: 10/23/95 05:26 PM
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> __________________________________________________
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>
> This message about an internet virus came across my email account. I hope
> someone reads this before it can damage any of AA & Co's computers. This
> message will pertain to anyone who receives external email from the internet.
>
>
>
>
> Subject: VIRUSES -- IMPORTANT PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY (fwd)
>
>
> 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 October 11, 1995 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.
>
>
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> Group: AA OnLine Users Forum
> Category: General
> Subcategory: General
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