Hello! I'm new to Lactnet, & although this isn't about breastfeeding, I
thought you all might want to know about it. My uncle forwarded it to me.
Hope the "Good Times" haven't gotten anyone yet! I'll be in touch about
lactation NEXT time!
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Forwarded message:
Subj: Fwd: A new virus
Date: 96-07-16 16:55:36 EDT
From: Medcoach
To: Krorev
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To: Xlr8coach,MAppleg622
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CC: BrunsBldr,CarolRNLC
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Forwarded message:
From: [log in to unmask] (Ernest F. Oriente/PowerHour)
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: 96-07-16 14:03:50 EDT
FYI, received this today!
The Coach, Ernest
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>>>>**********************************************************************
>>>>*
>>>>
>>>> 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", "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
>>>>rocessor
>>>>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 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
>>>>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 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.
>>>>
>>>>Donald F. Hoyt, PhD
>>>>Professor of Biological Sciences
>>>>California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
>>>>3801 W. Temple Avenue
>>>>Pomona, CA 91768
>>>>Office Phone: 909-869-4050
>>>>FAX: 909-869-4078
Hey, check out my home page!
http://www.coachfederation.org/crs/67.ernest.oriente.htm
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