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 >[log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask] > > >From: SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 13-DEC-1996 06:11:24.22 >To: FACSHAFERI >CC: >Subj: Re: Serious Download Virus Alert > >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >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 >X-Mailer: <PC Eudora Version 1.4> > >>To: [log in to unmask] (Peter Pruzan) >>From: [log in to unmask] (Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik) >>Subject: Re: Serious Download Virus Alert >> >>>>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>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