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Dear friends,
I forward you this letter informing about a dangerous virus invading the
internet. Be careful!
Best regards, Elisabeth List
l>
===============================================================================
Elisabeth List - Inst. für Philosophie - Universität Graz
Tel.: +43 316 380 2305, FAX: +43 316 356144
===============================================================================
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:45:59 +0100
From: Marek <marek(a)bkfug.kfunigraz.ac.at>
To: rinofner(a)bkfug.kfunigraz.ac.at
Cc: marek(a)bkfug.kfunigraz.ac.at
Subject: Rundschreiben-14.2.
>>>>Subject: Fwd: FWD>>RE>VIRUS ALERT !!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:58:38 -0500 (EST)
>>>>>>Subject: FW: FW: VIRUS ALERT!!!!! (fwd)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SUBJECT: VIRUSES--IMPORTANT PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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 anything on it.
Please be
>>>>>careful
>>>>>>and forward this mail to anyone you care about.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>**********************************************************************
>>>>>>*****
>>>>>******
>>>>>>*********
>>>>>>WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
>>>>>>**********************************************************************
>>>>>>*****
>>>>>******
>>>>>>*********
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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 ON
LINE
>>>>>>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 email message with the
subject
>>>>>line
>>>>>>reading "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 receive-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 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.
>>>>>> ---- End of mail text
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Take care, and remember, forward to anyone you
know who has e-mail
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Jordan
>>>>>>>>>>yankee23(a)inforamp.net
>>>>>
>>>>>>---------------------------------
>>>>>>keep on truckin'
>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- End Included Message -----
>>>
>>>
>>>------- FORWARD, End of original message -------
>>>
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