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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 Consulting > > > > Anne Marsh > > Computer Support Specialist > > History Department > > Florida State University > > > > > > --