This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii its a hoax... On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Erich W. Gunther wrote: > I received an e-mail from a collegue regarding a new virus propogated > by e-mail called the "Good Times" virus. The e-mail was not very specific > as to the how the virus does its damage or what security holes it exploits > to do its thing. Has anybody else heard of it and have any additional > information? Here is a excerpt from the e-mail I received: > > > 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 simply "Good Times." > > > > Avoiding infection is easy once the file has been recieved--not reading it. > > The act of loading the file into the mail servers's 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 received-mail file or sent-mail file. If it can > > find one. It will then proceed to trash the computer it is running on. > > > Erich W. Gunther > Director of Technology Development > Electrotek Concepts, Inc. > erich@electrotek.com > ------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480 Content-Type: APPLICATION/X-TNEF Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <Pine.3.89.9504231905.B11364@aix.cait.wustl.edu> eJ8+Ih0TAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABBJAG APwAAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADACAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAADsAAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDd AQ9UAgAAAABidWd0cmFxQGZjLm5ldABTTVRQAGJ1Z3RyYXFAZmMubmV0AAAeAAIwAQAAAAUAAABT TVRQAAAAAB4AAzABAAAADwAAAGJ1Z3RyYXFAZmMubmV0AAADABUMAQAAAAMA/g8GAAAAHgABMAEA AAAPAAAAYnVndHJhcUBmYy5uZXQAAAIBCzABAAAAFAAAAFNNVFA6QlVHVFJBUUBGQy5ORVQAAwAA OQAAAAALAEA6AQAAAAIB9g8BAAAABAAAAAIAAAA9KQEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNyb3NvZnQgTWFp bC5Ob3RlADEIAQSAAQAGAAAAdmlydXMAOQIBBYADAA4AAADLBwQAFAAPAAMAHAAEABwBASCAAwAO AAAAywcEABQADgA3ABcABABKAQEJgAEAIQAAAEE3NTgwNzVFMjE3QkNFMTE5OUY4NDQ0NTUzNTQw MDAwAN4GAQOQBgAwBQAAEgAAAAsAIwAAAAAAAwAmAAAAAAALACkAAAAAAAMANgAAAAAAQAA5AADq zmtRD7oBHgBwAAEAAAAGAAAAdmlydXMAAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAABug9Ra85eB1iueyERzpn4REVT VAAAAAAeAB4MAQAAAAMAAABNUwAAHgAfDAEAAAAWAAAARUxFQ1RST1RFSy9NQUlOL0VSSUNIAAAA AwAGED4algQDAAcQhwMAAB4ACBABAAAAZQAAAElSRUNFSVZFREFORS1NQUlMRlJPTUFDT0xMRUdV RVJFR0FSRElOR0FORVdWSVJVU1BST1BPR0FURURCWUUtTUFJTENBTExFRFRIRSJHT09EVElNRVMi VklSVVNUSEVFLU1BSUwAAAAAAgEJEAEAAADMAwAAyAMAAPsFAABMWkZ1gXcmz58ACgEPAhUCpwIA Y2gKwPBzZXQxBdwCgwBQD41bBrQCgzIDxQ/HMBKRc+h0ZW0CgzMPfBRgEH3+fQqACM8J2QKACoQL NxUxEQvxIEkgGBBjZWnKdgmAIAORZS0AwAMRiwNSG0AgF4FsZWcKUK0asWcLEQuAZxwxbgfRUHZp cnUEIHADYHCWbx0QFLBkCoVieRt2TmMHQByQGzB0aBzQIlRHbwRwIAdjIh3kLk4gIQAggRuFd2EE IG6WbwVAGxByH3BzcAWQmQaQaWMKhSLBdG8gY5xobwfgIHId9GRvB5HUaXQl0WEAwGcc0AWxrncP 8AVAECBjCHF0H3CvJRAckCYiG3B4C1BvJkF/CoUkoSXwJjMgcB1RIdFIqyLBAHB5BuBkH3FsECDt JQBlCxEm4GYoUgBwGzAvD/AbECrSG0BkHUB0ad8CIAdACoULgAIQcgDALYL+PyqBBJAc0AQAHDEo kBrgvnIFMRvzIHIbhRqoOgqFAwqPGgg+IEx1Y2t5AxB5LCBiL1QCIBzQc38IcBzQB4AGIiwRDbAU sGO/LYAdYScjL4Ei8Afgazeh9wOgJHIggmcg0TJ1NCAtgHUhO0ksUWwisBSQIGByHyzBK3Akkh2y BaBtcHX3FLAQECBjcyaQHNA60S5B6xwxFLB4KHEtOQcboweBHzzwJsED8CBwPKR1Ymr5NrEgbAuA HNItQB1SAJBnPDA0kCCqLiI5BjkHQf52KNAdQy5RNrICIC9yK8D+cx9wAiAa4CBjI9AckCyhPQQg YgnhGrIIkBsRLS33IvJBBiZALjkHIgIA0AVA/ywRF6BBJEXXC4AkpRujECASciMxcycEIEFTQ/JJ GqBidQ3QBJAf8R4g3weRIHE5ByC7G6FuQLMeUT8JwCaQJJILgC1xB0Bpev8s4hswKJAngRSwIdVP tgQA8zkHKjBnaEHBStErYECw+ybAAjAtKGED8ByAJ2Esgf0FoHAIkDYzJkErYCwgJKHvRzEjUDVi JyBvK4EbhDkH/y1BGBAEES+BBaACMAtxGyH/PYMaxhuVRiIFsVURVHBat/c6UiwjIABuOQcj0CyB NWH/OlRUwyBxA6AeURrgIEIksX07MHM/1DwWKFIvgR4Qbn8DAB1hAiBIdjLvGnEyDEXTBRAP4CBX IdBHYYA00r1iJUQeADaxBbEsEVQFkNZoIvAXoGcfcERHMReg/nAHgAIwZEYckDbAA2AUsFxrIAhQ RZEFMHM0sElvRZBIdgZxD+BAK2Bo1i4XPBFiJRcxAGygAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAEAABzBAh6pK UA+6AUAACDBAh6pKUA+6AR4APQABAAAAAQAAAAAAAACGeQ== ------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480--