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At 07:03 PM 9/02/98 -0700, you wrote:
>At the risk of sounding as though I have fired up my Bic Lighter, and
>begun a flaming war ---
>
>PLEASE!
>
>Research the posts you recieve from E-Mail!
>
It's only because I care..........
I apologise whole heartedly for forwarding the virus post. I am currently
beating myself with a shambok.
>There is NO such thing as the Good Times Virus, nor many other virii for
>that matter.
>
>I would like to take the time to point out that there are MANY virii out
>there that simply do not exist.
>This simply means that some folks that are quite creative in their
>writing skills, and maybe even a bit intelligent on virus composition.
>These people have made the best type of virus... the paranoia virus.
>In short... if you receive warnings about these virus alerts (as posted
>above), you should understand that they are not real.
>
>The following messages and warnings have been Identified by as hoaxes:
>
> Deeyenda
> PKZ300 Warning
> PKZIP Trojan Horse
> Irina Virus
> Good Times Virus
> Ghost.EXE Warning
> PenPal Greetings
> Make Money Fast
> Naughty Robot
> Join the Crew
> Death Ray
> A.I.D.S
> Internet Cleanup Day
> AOL V4.0 Cookie
> AOL4FREE Macintosh
> AOL4FREE Virus
> AOL4FREE.COM Trojan Horse
>
>----
>
>The following is a humorous approach to the "Good Times" virus:
>
>Good Times Spoof
>
>The following spoof of the good times hoax is too well done not to
>include here. The author of this spoof is unknown, but we will gladly
>give him credit if he will only contact us.
>READ THIS:
>
>Goodtimes will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will
>scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will
>recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream
>goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards,
>screw up the tracking on your television and use subspace field harmonics
>to scratch any CD's you try to play.
>
>It will give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix
>Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave its
>socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over. It will
>put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants and
>hide your car keys when you are late for work.
>
>Goodtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give you
>nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas tank and
>shave off both your eyebrows while dating your girlfriend behind your
>back and billing the dinner and hotel room to your Discover card.
>
>It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead, such
>is the power of Goodtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to sully those
>things we hold most dear.
>It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it. It
>will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your boss's
>voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and
>terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.
>
>Goodtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet seat
>up. It will make a batch of Methanphedime in your bathtub and then leave
>bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase gradeschoolers with
>your new snowblower.
>
>Listen to me. Goodtimes does not exist.
>
>It cannot do anything to you. But I can. I am sending this message to
>everyone in the world. Tell your friends, tell your family. If anyone
>else sends me another E-mail about this fake Goodtimes Virus, I will
>turn hating them into a religion. I will do things to them that would
>make a horsehead in your bed look like Easter Sunday brunch.
>
>So there, take that Good Times.
>
>
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