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Jeanne Finan <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Feb 1996 18:53:02 -0500
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This came from a friend today. Thought it should be shared.
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From:   [log in to unmask] (Henry Eshelman)
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Date: 96-02-20 14:22:23 EST

From Henry Eshelman
to: Henry's friends/associates list
Re: Hope this isn't hopelessly outdated spam.  I've cleaned it up from
the version I've received it in, which has been forwarded many times
without clean-up.

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Date: 96-02-16 12:26:53 EST

FWD> virus warning
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SUBJECT:  VIRUSES--IMPORTANT PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY 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"
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.


********************************************************************
>>>>                          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 ON LINE
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 email  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 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 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 there 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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