Re: virus

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>>There is a virus on America Online being sent by E-mail. If you get
>>>anything called "Good Times", DON'T read it or unload it.  It is a
>>>VIRUS that will erase your hard drive!!

Here's a posting from another list on this subject:

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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 16:49:42 -0500
From: gilliatt@ac.duke.edu (Nathan Gilliatt)
Subject: Good Times hoax

Greetings.

An email-fueled rumor of a virus or trojan named "Good Times" appears to be
false.  Tracing message headers back led me to Swarthmore College, where
the computing staff is looking for a student suspected of initiating the
rumor.  The Swarthmore help desk laughed at the message (sent to over a
dozen Eastern schools) that over 100 users had their disks erased--it
didn't happen.

The main evidence is that no one has seen the alleged virus/trojan.  All
reports are second hand.  Variations on the rumor have "Good Times"
ravaging AOL users.

Unless someone has a first-hand report of an actual virus or trojan, I
think it's safe to put the brakes on this rumor.

        - Nathan

Nathan Gilliatt                                        gilliatt@ac.duke.edu
Macintosh Systems Specialist     Help Desk Manager          Duke University
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