Re: VIRUS ON THE INTERNET

From: Jonathan Burt <jonathan@jaburt.demon.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Hi!

In article <TbqcWCAhn0FyEw6E@gamenet.demon.co.uk>,
wells@gamenet.demon.co.uk writes
>Not sure if there's anything in this - I picked it up in another
>newsgroup, but my thoughts were with you guys... gee, ain't that nice.

>"Good Times"? Why do these morons always have to have a sick sense of
>humour as well?

Here it comes again! :(

There is *no* Good Times virus that trashes your hard disk and launches
your CPU into an nth-complexity binary loop when you read mail with
"Good Times" in the Subject: field.

You can get a copy of Les Jones' FAQ on the Good Times Hoax from:

Via FTP:

ftp://usit.net/pub/lesjones/good-times-virus-hoax-faq.txt
  ftp://members.aol.com/macfaq/good-times-virus-hoax-faq.txt

On the World Wide Web:

http://www.tcp.co.uk/tcp/good-times/index.html
  http://www.nsm.smcm.edu/News/GTHoax.html

There's a Mini-FAQ available as:

ftp://usit.net/pub/lesjones/Good-Times-Virus-Hoax-Mini-FAQ.txt

There *is* at least one file virus christened Good Times by the
individual who posted it in an attempt to cause confusion. It is more
commonly referred to as GT-spoof.

Hope this clears it up, and no more replies via newsgroup please!
  Jonathan
--
Jonathan Burt

References

VIRUS ON THE INTERNET
<wells@gamenet.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

VIRUS ON THE INTERNET
<wells@gamenet.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 00:00:00 +0000