Re: Internet Virus

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Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960111090654.19507A-100000@dutrun2>
Date:         Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:09:48 +0100
From: mailto:E.S.Kaelani@RC.TUDELFT.NL>
Subject:      Re: Internet Virus
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>

See:  http://www.tcp.co.uk/tcp/good-times/

for those who willing to read the 'story'
  " Good times Virus hoax : the FAQ! "

bye


On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, William J. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> My system manager tells me that the "Good Times" virus works by

> infecting the minds of those people who receive the warning message.

> It eats up disk space when those people send the warning to everyone

> they know, and it destroys data when you start deleting files out

> of fear.  In other words it is a hoax.

>

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