Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:12:10 +0900 From: Stephen Turnbull To: BILLC AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, leis AT usq DOT edu DOT au, d DOT edwards AT eas DOT gu DOT edu DOT au, 76247 DOT 3453 AT compuserve DOT com Subject: Internet Virus Alert The "Good Times" virus thing is a hoax, or at the very least that warning message is---the person who wrote it is a complete ninny: >>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 I have seen on news-admin.net-abuse.announce that the Internet investigations group of the U.S. Dept. of Energy has declared this a hoax, possibly perpetrated by a disgruntled AOL customer. I have not verified this latter, so you can be careful if you like. But if you download a "Good Times" message and your computer fries---I will bet $100 against your $1 that independent investigation will show that your site was hit by lightning at exactly the same time. Offer limited to first victim only; must be registered subscriber to DJGPP list. ;-) -- Stephen Turnbull / Yaseppochi-gumi / http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ anon FTP: turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp Check out Kansai-WWW, too ------------> http://pclsp2.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/