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Virus!
> > !!!!!Virus Alert!!!!!
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> >
> > There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you
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> > receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Good Times". DO NOT
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> > read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages below.
> >
> > Some miscreant is sending e-mail under the title "Good Times"
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> > nationwide, if you get anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It
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> > has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.
> >
> > Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care about.
> >
> >
> > ***********************************************************
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> >
> > WARNING!!!!!!! INTERNET VIRUS
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> >
> > ***********************************************************
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> >
> > The FCC released a warning last Wednesday concerning a matter of major
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> > 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
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> > unparalleled in its destructive capability. Other more well-known
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> > 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
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> > fact that no program needs to be exchanged for a new computer to be
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> > 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.
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> > If the computer contains a hard drive, that will most likely be
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> > destroyed. If the program is not stopped, the computer's processor will
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> > be placed in an nth-complexity infinite binaryloop-which can severely
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> > damage the processor if left running that way too long. Unfortunately,
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > "Good Times". Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been received
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> > simply by NOT READING IT. The act of loading the file into the mail
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> > server's ASCII buffer causes the "Good Times" mainline program to
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> > initialize and execute The program is highly intelligent--it will send
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> > 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
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> > proceed to trash the computer it is running on. The bottom line there
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> > is:
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> >
> > -if you receive a file with the subject line "Good Times", delete it
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> > immediately! Do not read it" Rest assured that whoever's name was on the
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> > "From" line was surely struck by the virus. Warn your friends and local
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> > system users of this newest threat to the Internet! It could save them a
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> > lot of time and money Could you pass this along to your global mailing
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> > list as well-"
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> >
> > Have a nice day!
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send E-Mail or Fax to me at: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > EDS - IBMMAIL(USEDS3US) EDS Fax - (954) 433-6445
> >
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