Thanks John,
 
Mark Hirsch ([log in to unmask])  >
> Forwarded message:
> > From [log in to unmask] Thu Apr 20 14:17:23 1995
> > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 14:17:19 -0400
> > Subject: VIRUS WARNING
> >
> >
> > 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 DOWNLOAD 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.
> >      *******************************************************************
> >
> >      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.
> >
> > Kori N.                                 \\      [log in to unmask]
> > AKA Jamaican Sensation                   \\     All-In-One Computer
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> >
> > Anne Marsh
> > Computer Support Specialist
> > History Department
> > Florida State University
> >
> >
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