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> >From:jason@in*.co* (Jason Schroedl) >Subject:URGENT - EMAIL VIRUS (fwd) > >>> >>> 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 DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It has a virus >>> that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating its contents. Please forward >>> this mail to others. >>> >>> *********************Forwarded Message**************************** >>> >>> 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 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! >>> >>> ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** >>> David Wiley, Professor of Sociology and Director, African Studies Center, >>> 100 CIP, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035 >>> Phone: (517) 353-1700 - Fax: (517) 432-1209 - Home (517) 332-0333 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
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