File spoon-archives/deleuze-guattari.archive/deleuze-guattari_1996/d-g_Jun.96, message 186


From: jbram-AT-pnc.com.au
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:32:20 +1000
Subject: Viruses


I don't know if this is of any use to list-members, but I thought I should
pass it on (it was sent to me by a friend):


>A NEW ONE FOLKS
>Well folks here we go again ! A Friend sent this to me so if you 
>would take
>a few minutes to read it this might save you some time and money ! 
>VIRUSES--IMPORTANT PLEASE READ IMMEDIATLEY!!!
>To all that get this message, please forward it to anyone and 
>everyone
>you know.
>This IS NOT a chain letter, so those that think it is please keep on
>reading instead of deleting this message.  Also, tell all those that 
>you
>know
>that use the Internet but you don't know what their e-mail address is.
>
>There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet.  If 
>you
>receive an e-mail message with the subject line "Good Times," DO NOT 
>read
>the
>message, DELETE it immediately.  Please read the message below.  Some 
>
>miscreant
>is sending e-mail under the title "Good Times" nation-wide and if you 
>
>get anything like this, DON'T DOWN LOAD THE FILE!!!!  It has a virus 
>on
>it  that rewrites your hard-drive, obliterating anything on it.  
>Please be
>careful and
>forward this mail to anyone you care about.
>WARNING!!!!!!  INTERNET VIRUS
>The FCC released a warning last Wednesday concerning a matter of 
>major 
>importance
>to any regular user of the Internet. Apparently a new computer virus
>has 
>been
>engineered by a user of AMERICA ON-LINE that is unparalleled in its
>destructive
>capability.  Other more well-known viruses such as "Stoned", 
>"Airwolf"
>and
>"MIchaelangelo" pale in comparison to the prospects of the newest
>creation 
>bye a
>warped mentality.  What makes this virus so terrifying, said the FCC,
>
>is the
>fact that no program needs to be exchanged for a new computer to be
>infected.
>It can spread through the existing e-mail systems of the Internet.  
>Once a
>computer is infected, one of several things can happen. If the 
>computer
>contains a hard drive (almost all do), that will most likely be 
>destroyed.
>If the program is not stopped, the computers processor will be placed 
>in a
>nth-complexity infinite binary loop - which can severely damage the
>processor 
>if
>left running that way too long.   Unfortunately, most novice 
>computer
>users 
>will not realizing what is happening until it is far too late.  
>Luckily,
>there is 
>one
>sure means of detecting what is now known as the "Good Times" virus. 
>
>It 
>always
>travels to new computers the same way in a text e-mail message with 
>the
>subject
>line reading  "Good Times."  Avoiding infection is easy once the 
>file
>has 
>been
>received - NOT READING IT!!!  The act of loading the file into the 
>mail
>servers
>ASCII buffer causes the "Good Times" mainline program to initialize 
>and
>execute.
>The program is highly intelligent - it will send copies of itself 
>to everyone whose e-mail address is contained in a receive-mail file 
>or
>sent-mail file, if it can find one.  It will then proceed to trash 
>the 
>computer
>it is running on.  The bottom line here is - if you receive a file 
>with
>the
>subject line "Good Times," DELETE IT IMMEDIATLY!!!  DO NOT READ IT!!! 
>
>Rest
>assured that  whoever's name was on the "From" line was surely 
>struck
>by the
>virus. Warn your friends and local system users of this newest 
>threat
>to the
>Internet!!!! 
>It could save a lot of time and money.
>gain, this is not a chain letter nor is it a joke.  PLEASE SEND THIS
>TO
>VERYONE YOU  KNOW AND TELL ALL THOSE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS VIRUS!!!!!!
><< End of Forwarded message >>
>
>____
>;) Deb in RI ~hoping to learn from you all~
>
>
>
>

Hope it helps someone!

Nick



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