[7809] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Fwd: INTERNET VIRUS ALERT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Robbins)
Fri Mar 31 15:07:24 1995
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 14:55:25 +0500
Errors-To: procmaster@www19.w3.org
Reply-To: rrobbins@gdb.org
From: Robert Robbins <rrobbins@gdb.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <www-talk@www10.w3.org>
On Fri, 31 Mar 1995 Fell_Travis/dal11_tjfell@dal.mobil.com wrote:
> The virus can be detected as an e-mail message with the subject line
> reading "Good Times." If you receive a piece of e-mail with Good Times
> as the subject, DO NOT READ IT...DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
Those with a sense of humor might want to send lots of mail, all carrying
the subject line "Good Times", to anyone who posts this warning...
How long will it be before this rumor gets embellished to the point where
the virus can destroy systems to which it is addressed, EVEN BEFORE IT IS
SENT?
