V i r u s ! !

[Jacques Melot]

Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:04:40 +0000
To:dessart at D5100.KBINIRSNB.BE
From:melot at itn.is (Jacques Melot)
Subject:Re: V i r u s ! !

>Dear Taxacomers,

>
>Monday the 12th of August 1996 11:58
>
>         ----------------------------------
>           WARNING - Internet Virus
>         ----------------------------------
>
>
>>---------------Original Message---------------
>>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.  Please read the
>>messages below. 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.
>>
>>   Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care about.
>>
>>                   WARNING!!!!!!!  INTERNET VIRUS
>>

[...]

Voici un extrait du journal electronique TidBits:

MailBITS/24-Apr-95
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**Relax, It's Still A Hoax** -- Rumors are circulating once again
  about a virus called "Good Times" being sent as an email message
  that will erase your hard disk if you read it. So, we repeat:
  these warnings are a hoax; further, there are no known viruses
  that can be spread simply by reading an email message, since
  actual code must be executed for a virus to spread. Please see
  TidBITS-256_ for a discussion of the original rumors. [GD]


Jacques Melot, Reykjavik
melot at itn.is