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>> >>We have found this message on Agora, the Swedish agent for FirstClass: >> >> PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY! >> >> The following notice came across my internet connect this morning and >> will be released by DOE-HQ today, >> although it may be too late in some cases. >> >> "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. >> > >> >> 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. >> >WATCH OUT!!!!! >Erik Lindstrom SWEDEN >Email: i2lier@it*.ch*.se* >> > This "virus" is a HOAX. This has been around for about 6 months and all sources that I have read says that it is a hoax. My info comes from the comp.virus usenet newsgroup. -- Bryan Carbonnell - bcarbonn@to*.cb*.ca* Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Records Management - S1C101B P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, Ontario M5W 1E6 These views are my own, and do not reflect the views of the C.B.C., nor should they be interpreted as such. Actually they sometimes don't even reflect my opinions.
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