Hi managers
I received the following text a few minutes ago. Also if it's not specific
to our list, I think it's important enough to warn you.
If anyone got this mail/virus, it would be nice if you could send me a short
message.
carpe diem
- Reto
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>Date: 5-9-95 11:21am
>From: J.R.Hilton:TEL:GTEGO
> To: indoc:telemail, t1s1.in:telemail
>Subj: Read carefully - very important! (fwd)
>Forwarded: Message from J.S.May:TEL:GTEGO of 5-9-95
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>The following message was received today. For your information
>and please forward as you see fit.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jay Hilton
>
>> "There is a new computer virus that is being sent across
>> the Internet. If you receive an email message with the
>> subject line "Good Times," DO NOT read the message.
>> DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages
>> below.
>>
>> Some miscreant is sending email 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.
>>
>> Thought you might like to know...
>>
>> 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 unparalled
>> 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 test 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 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."
>>
>> Please pass this on...especially to anyone you know that
>> uses "America Online" regularly.
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Received on Wed May 10 1995 - 04:09:49 NZST