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Virus!



> >   !!!!!Virus Alert!!!!!
> >
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > nationwide, 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!!!!!!! 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 ON LINE that is
> >
> > unparalleled  in  its  destructive  capability.  Other  more  well-known
> >
> > viruses  such  as  "Stoned",  "Air wolf"  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 binaryloop-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
> >
> > "Good Times". Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been received
> >
> > simply 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  e-mail address  is contained  in a
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> > 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 there
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> > 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 Could you pass this along  to your global mailing
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> > list as well-"
> >
> >
> > Have a nice day!
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send E-Mail or Fax to me at: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > EDS  - IBMMAIL(USEDS3US)              EDS  Fax - (954) 433-6445
> >
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