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> >> WARNING!!!!!!! INTERNET VIRUS
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> >>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 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.
> >>
> >> Could you pass this along to your global mailing list as well?
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