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Good Times Virus a Hoax
Fellow CLers,
The virus mentioned in the message below has been widely reported to be a
hoax. It is a nuisance to those who know it is a hoax , and it causes
needless concern to others.
There is a www home page dedicated to exposing the hoax, which includes
references to official responses:
http://www.hr.doe.gov/goodtime.html
Steve Gallo
sg@eng1.otis.utc.com
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From: owner-www-cl
To: www-cl
Subject: VIRUSES--IMPORTANT PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY
Date: Monday, June 10, 1996 3:07PM
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 14:58:19 +0200
>To: abteilung@cogpsy.uni-trier.de
>From: ccc@cogpsy.uni-trier.de (Claus-Christian Carbon)
>
>
>Vorsicht, unbedingt lesen !!!!
>
>
>
>***************************************************************************
> * WARNING!!!!!!! INTERNET VIRUS
>*
>
>***************************************************************************
>
> Killer Internet E-mail Virus, BEWARE!!!!!
> 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"
nationw=
ide,
> if you get anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It has a
viru=
s
> 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
comp=
uter
> 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
s=
o
> 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
existi=
ng
> 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
o=
f
> 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
bee=
n
> 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
o=
r
> 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"
Res=
t
> 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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>
--
Volker C. SCH=D6CH, Germany
Universit=E4t Trier -- mailto:schoch@uni-trier.de
FB I + FB IV -- Raum D424 -- Phone:+49 651 201-2976
http://cogpsy.uni-trier.de:8000/people/VSchoech ;-)