Message-ID: <KF16+VY0xkA@ssc.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:38:53 EST From: Don Osbor <mailto:don.osborn@SSC.MSU.EDU> Subject: Good Times *not* (was Re: INTERNET VIRUS WARNING.. .) To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I'm amazed at how many times I've seen this warning on different lists and the ensuing patient explanations that there is no such internet virus. Yet I wonder how many readers who also know there is no "Good Times" virus hesitated when they saw the subject line of this message...The "Good Times" hoax actually acts as a virus in a different way - using up your time & mine, bandwith &c with sincerely forwarded "warnings" about a virus that does not exist and necessary explanations that there is no cause for worry. Maybe the whole thing also leaves a certain amount of uncertainty and fear in its wake...
Don Osborn, Michigan State University