Re: Good Times "virus" question

Dave Brookshire (david@irc.umbc.edu)
Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:12:47 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Dave Williss wrote:

> Is this "Good Times" thing the same one from about six months ago?  

Yes.

> What does it actually do?

It makes thousands of users and "security professionals" send thousands 
of e-mail messages saying, "it's a hoax" and flaming people for 
furthering the message.

All in all, I would say it's been damned effective.

Dave
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