> WARNING !!!!!  URGENT !!!!!  WARNING !!!!!
>
> COPY AND PASS THIS WARNING ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW -- DO IT NOW !!!!!
>
> A new, ultra-dangerous computer virus exists, which will permanentlydestroy
> your HARD DRIVE.  Do NOT -- repeat -- do NOT download and do not evenREAD
> anything if the "Subject" or "Re" lines include the word "Good" --
> specifically: "Good News" or "Good Times."
>
> Full details follow:
>
> There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.  Ifyou
> receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Good Times," DO NOTread the
> message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the information 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 virusthat
> rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it. Please becareful and
> forward this mail to anyone you care about.
>
> The Federal Communication Commission released a warning last Wednesday
> concerning a matter of major importance to any regular user of theInternet.
> Apparently a new computer virus has been engineered by a user ofAMERICA ONLINE
> that is unparalleled in its destructive capability.  Other more well-known
> viruses such as "Stoned," "Airwolf" and "Michaelangelo" pale incomparison to
> the prospects of this newest creation by a warped mentality.  Whatmakes this
> virus so errifying, said the FCC, is the fact that no program needs tobe
> exchanged for a new computer to be affected and spread through theexisting
> e-mail systems of the Internet.
>
> Once a computer is infected, one of several things can happen.  If thecomputer
> contains a hard drive, that will most likely be destroyed.  If theprogram is
> not stopped,the computer's processor will be placed in an nth-complexity
> infinite binary loop - which can   severely damage the processor ifleft
> running that way too long.  Unfortunately, most novice computer userswill not
> realize what is happening until it is far too late. Luckily, there isone 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-mailmessage with
> the subject line reading "Good Times."  Avoiding infection is easyonce the
> file has been received simply by NOT READING IT!  The act of loadingthe file
> into the mail server's ASCII buffer causes the "Good Times" mainlineprogram to
> initialize and execute.
>
> 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 whosever'sname was
> on the "From" line was surely struck by the virus. Warn your friendsand local
> system users of this newest threat to the Internet!  It could savethem a lot
> of time and money.
>
> PASS THIS WARNING ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> Prof. Howard G. Knuttgen, Ph.D. Penn State University 146 REC Building
> University Park, PA 16802 Office:  [log in to unmask] Voice:  814 865 7110Fax:
> 814 863 8106
>
>
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