Hi Guys,

	The following is a forwarded message sent to me by my internet provider in
the Philippines. I don't know if you already know about this, but I would
like to post it for those of you who don't. Please take the time to read
this.   Thank you.

 

    
    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 messages 
    below.
    
    Some miscreant is sending e-mail under the title "good times" 
    nation-wide.  If you get anything like this, DON't DOWN LOAD THE FILE! 
     It has a virus that reqrited your hard drive, obliterating anything 
    on it.  Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care 
    about--I have.
    
    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 Online that is 
    unparalleled in its destructive capability.  Other, more well-known 
    viruses such as Stoned, Airwolf and Michelangelo pale in comparison to 
    the prospects of this newest creation by 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 be 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, 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 way too long.  Unfortunately, most 
    novice computers will not realize 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 
    simply "Good Times".  Avoiding infection is easy once the file has 
    been received - 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 e-mail address is contained in 
    a received-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 
    here 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.
    

Manuel S. Go, Jr.
junior@mnl.sequel.net