Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 03:50:31 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@news.iadfw.net> To: evivar@eniac.rhon.itam.mx (Enrique Sanchez Vivar) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: virus alert... (fwd) Message-ID: <199503310950.DAA20604@news.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9503271520.C12319-0100000@eniac.rhon.itam.mx> from "Enrique Sanchez Vivar" at Mar 27, 95 03:53:50 pm
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I just noticed this being on the mailing list...
If I recall correctly, THIS IS A HOAX.
I cannot remember exactly where I read about this, but I distinctly
remember it to be a hoax.
Can anyone back me up? I'll try to remember just where I read this, and
if possible post the hoax announcement. If anyone has the annonucement
proclaiming this to be a hoax, please feel free to beat me to the punch.
In reply:
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> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 15:53:50 -0600 (CST)
> From: Enrique Sanchez Vivar <evivar@eniac.rhon.itam.mx>
> Subject: virus alert... (fwd)
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> I am forwardind this for all of you.
> (hope this is not a prank)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 00:41:47 -0700
> From: TJ BREWSTER <Tj.BREWSTER@asu.edu>
> To: Tj Brewster <THAYNE.BREWSTER@asu.edu>
> Subject: INTERNET VIRUS WARNING
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANY LISTSERV YOU ARE ON.
> __________________________________
> Subject: VIRUS WARNING (fwd)
>
> TC/Assist received a Fax from Kenneth Nicholson, Technical Services,
> Moncton
>
> N.B regarding an Internet Virus called "GOOD TIMES". Here is what the Fax
> stated:
>
> This message originated in Tucson.
> If you receive a mail message with a subject of "GOOD TIMES", do the
> following:
>
> 1 - DO NOT READ THE MESSAGE
> **************************************
> 2 - Write down the name/Email address of the person who sent you the
> message and contact TC/Assist as soon as possible.
> 3 - DELETE THE MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY !!!!!!!
> ********************************************************
> The virus originated from America Online and is propagated through the
> Internet. The FCC recently released a warning 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
> the 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
> Email systems of the Internet. Once a computer is infected, one of several
> things can happen. If the computer contains a hard drive, it 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 for to long.
> Unfortunately, most novice computer users will not realize what is
> happening until it is to 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 Email message with the subject
> line reading simply "GOOD TIMES". Avoiding infection is easy once the file
> has been received by - 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 Email address is contained in a
> received-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.
>
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Jim
--
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think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or
radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner"
jbryant@server.iadfw.net, System administrator, Internet America
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