I've gotten a few messages a few months ago from guispeak about the
goodtimes virus.
At 09:18 AM 12/13/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear listowners,
>
>I've received TWO of these this morning. I presume it's a hoax but I
>want some way to prove it to the people who--with the best of
>intentions--insist on forward these "Good Times" type messages to
>others, and in fact pass on another kind of infection, these darn
>messages that replicate exponentially and globally.  Any suggestions?
>This one was sent to some 60 people (many of whom are not especially computer
>literate) in at least 5 countries! On the other hand, I don't want to stop
>a GENUINE alert!
>
>Frustrated,
>
>Ingrid
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>
>From:   SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 13-DEC-1996 06:11:24.22
>To:     FACSHAFERI
>CC:
>Subj:   Re: Serious Download Virus Alert
>
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>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 13:10:09 +0100
>To: Lawren Bale <[log in to unmask]>, Leonard Swidler <[log in to unmask]>,
>        "Dr. Carleton (Chip) Dallery" <[log in to unmask]>,
><snip>
>Subject: Re: Serious Download Virus Alert
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>>To: [log in to unmask] (Peter Pruzan)
>>From: [log in to unmask] (Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik)
>>Subject: Re: Serious Download Virus Alert
>>
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>>>>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 20:02:48 +0100 (MET)
>>>>X-Sender: [log in to unmask] (Unverified)
>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>From: A T Mann <[log in to unmask]> (by way of [log in to unmask] (Niels
>Peter
>>>> Flint))
>>>>Subject: Serious Download Virus Alert
>>>>X-UIDL: 850471126.001
>>>>
>>>>Dear friends,
>>>>Today I received this message from an editor of a magazine in the US. I
>>>>pass it on for reference.
>>>>Tad
>>>>
>>>>DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETINGS!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>It appears to be a friendly letter asking you if you are interested in a
>>>>penpal, but by the time you read this letter, it is too late. The
>>>>"trojan
>>>>horse" virus will have already infected the boot sector of your hard
>>>>drive,
>>>>destroying all of the data present. It is a self-replicating virus, and
>>>>once
>>>>the message is read, it will automatically forward itself to anyone
>>>>who's
>>>>email address is present in YOUR mailbox!
>>>>
>>>>This virus will destroy your hard drive and holds the potential to
>>>>destroy
>>>>the hard drive of anyone whose mail is in your inbox, and who's mail is
>>>>in
>>>>their inbox, and so on into infinity. If this virus remains unchecked,
>>>>it has
>>>>the potential to do a great deal of damage to computer networks
>>>>worldwide!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>PLEASE DELETE THE MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL GREETING" AS SOON AS YOU SEE
>>>>IT!
>>>>
>>>>PASS THIS MESSAGE ALONG TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND THE OTHER
>>>>READERS OF THE NEWSGROUPS AND MAILING LISTS WHICH YOU ARE ON, SO THAT
>>>>THEY ARE NOT HURT BY THIS DANGEROUS VIRUS!
>>>>
>>>>If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SAF-IA Info Office
>>>>on 697-5059.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Professor Peter Pruzan
>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>Phone: +45 38 15 36 30; Direct: +45 3815 3797; Fax: +45 3815 3773
>>>
>>>Department of Management, Politics & Philosophy,
>>>Copenhagen Business School, Blaagaardsgade 23B,
>>>DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
>>>
>>>
>
>
Brent Harding