Re: Virus Alert!

[florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (F. Neumann)]

> Item Subject: Text_1
>      From Delaney@gsg.eds.com Thu Apr 20 10:09:23 1995Subject: Read this 
>      now! Compu
>      ter Virus - Internet
>      Priority: High
>      
>      FYI!!  Please give widest dissemination possible!!
>      ** High Priority **
>      PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!
>      The following notice came across my internet connect this morning 
>      and
>      will be released by DOE-HQ today, although it may be too late in some 
>      cases.
>      
>      "There is a new 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.

NOT AGAIN!!!! <groan>

To the best of my knowledge THIS IS A HOAX! A virus cannot be propagated by
mail (to replicate a virus one has to execute a programme, or in other words,
a virus must contain COMPUTER CODE, otherwise it's not a virus!).

I've heard a rumour that a new "Good Times" hoax was on its way, but I didn't
actually expect to see its effects so soon...

Florin

PS: If you're really paranoid about this, check your mail programme's manual.
Most, if not all, mailers can be configured to filter out automatically
messages that contain a defined text string. So you can configure your mailer
to delete automatically all messages containing "Good Times" in the subject
line even before you read your mail...
-- 
  Florin Neumann
  florin@quartz.geology.utoronto.ca