[1618] in bugtraq
Re: Good Times "virus" question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Brookshire)
Wed Apr 26 20:47:11 1995
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 18:12:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dave Brookshire <david@irc.umbc.edu>
To: Dave Williss <dwilliss@tnt.microimages.com>
Cc: bug-traq <bugtraq@fc.net>
In-Reply-To: <9504261346.AA00953@tnt.microimages.com>
On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Dave Williss wrote:
> Is this "Good Times" thing the same one from about six months ago?
Yes.
> What does it actually do?
It makes thousands of users and "security professionals" send thousands
of e-mail messages saying, "it's a hoax" and flaming people for
furthering the message.
All in all, I would say it's been damned effective.
Dave
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