Andreas Broeckmann on Wed, 28 Aug 96 10:54 METDST |
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nettime: terrible virus/mental techno-parasite? |
>> >Dear Friends, >> >I just got this on my e-mail. Beware. >> > >> > >> >Subject: NASTY COMPUTER VIRUS >> >Author: Ann K. Gualtieri at CCOO5 >> >Date: 8/8/96 11:41 AM >> > >> > >> >Team: >> > >> >PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING. PASS ALONG THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU >> >CARE >> >ABOUT. >> > >> >THE BASIC MESSAGE: Extremely Destructive Virus!!!>>> There is a >> >computer >> >virus that is being sent across >> >the Internet. If you receive an email message with the subject line >> >"Good >> >Times", DO NOT read the message, >> >DELETE it immediately. >> > >> >Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Good Times" >> >nationwide, >> >if >> >you get anything like this, DON'T >> >DOWN LOAD THE FILE! It Has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, >> >obliterating anything on it. >> > >> > >> > >> >More detail, if you are interested: >> >>> >> >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. 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 >> >be >> >spread through the existing email >> >systems of the Internet. >> > >> >Once a Computer is infected, one of several things can happen. If the >> >computer contains a hard drive, that will >> >most likely be destroyed. If the program is not stopped, the computer's >> >processor will be placed in an >> >nth-complexity infinite binary loop -which can severely damage the >> >processor >> >if left running that way too long. >> > >> >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 email message with the subject >> >line >> >reading "Good Times". Avoiding >> >infection is easy once the file has been received simply by NOT READING >> >IT! >> >The act of loading the file into the >> >mail server'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 email address is contained in a >> >receive-mail file or a sent-mail file, if it can find one. It will then >> >proceed to trash the computer it is running on. >> > >> >The bottom line is: - if you receive a file with the subject line "Good >> >Times", delete it immediately! 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 >> >them a lot of time and money. >> > >> > >> >David T. George, Ph.D. TEL: (216) 368-2131 >> >School of Medicine, B-27 FAX: (216) 844-7597 >> >Case Western Reserve University dtg2@po.cwru.edu >> >10900 Euclid Avenue >> >Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4929 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >------------------------- End Original ------------------------- >Emanuel Dimas De Melo Pimenta >rua Tierno Galvan, 4 - 11B >1070 Lisbon, Portugal >phone. +3511 3851360 >fax. +3511 3875657 >email. edmp@mail.telepac.pt >http://www.asa-art.com/edmp/edmp1.htm >http://www.fccn.pt/museu/ > > V2_Archief mailaddress: Postbus 19049 shopaddress: Eendrachtsstraat 10 3001 BA Rotterdam 3012 XL Rotterdam The Netherlands The Netherlands T: +31.10.404 6427 F: +31.10.412 8562 e-mail: peterd@v2.nl URL: http://www.v2.nl VAT: NL 96.89.102.B.01 -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de