(fwd)Author: butarelli@un.org at INTERNET
Date: 26/09/1996 5:02 PM
Dear All,
The following message just received. Given the worldwide nature of the
Internet, you may wish to heed this message.
Cheers and good luck, Jeremy
Two new viruses, as described below.
>> >>>> I received this e-mail from my dad at the Pentagon. It was
>> >>>> sent to all employees in the Pentagon, and I recommend that
>> >>>> every one reads it to avoid these viruses.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Andy Billman
>> >>>>
>> >>>> amb3f@virginia..edu
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This message is extremely important. It is about a
>> >>>> very highly intelligent virus that is being spread nationwide called
>> >>>> "Good Times". Once you have read this message, please forward to anyone
>> >>>> you care about.
>> >>>> Thanks.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> SUBJECT: [Very Important !!! ]
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If
you
>> >>>> receive an email message with the subject line "Good Times", DO NOT
>> >>>> read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages
>> >>>> below.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Some miscreant is sending email 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.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 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 email 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 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 email 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 is: - if you receive a file with the subject line
>> >>>> "Good Times", delete it immediately! Do not read it" Rest assured
that
>> >>>> whoever' 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 list as well?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> <2 Subject: New and Dangerous Virus For your information ...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS OF THE EXTENSION
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We work closely with the military and received this message from a
>> >>>> very reliable source in DC this morning.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> A NEW Trojan Horse Virus has emerged on the internet with the name
>> >>>> PKZIP300.ZIP, so named as to give the impression that this file is
>> >>>> a new version of the PKZIP software used to "ZIP" (compress) files.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> DO NOT DOWNLOAD this file under any circumstances!!! If you install
>> >>>> or expand this file, the virus WILL wipe your hard disk clean and
>> >>>> affect modems at 14.4 and higher. This is an extremely destructive
virus
>> >>>> and
>> >>>>
>> >>>> there is NOT yet a way of cleaning up this one.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> REPEAT: DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY FILE NAMED PKZIP300 REGARDLESS
>> >>>> OF THE EXTENSION.
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