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From: erich () electrotek com (Erich W. Gunther)
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 15:03:28 -0400
------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I received an e-mail from a collegue regarding a new virus propogated by e-mail called the "Good Times" virus. The e-mail was not very specific as to the how the virus does its damage or what security holes it exploits to do its thing. Has anybody else heard of it and have any additional information? Here is a excerpt from the e-mail I received:
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 recieved--not reading it. The act of loading the file into the mail servers'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 sent-mail file. If it can find one. It will then proceed to trash the computer it is running on.
Erich W. Gunther Director of Technology Development Electrotek Concepts, Inc. erich () electrotek com ------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480 Content-Type: application/x-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+Ih0TAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABBJAG APwAAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADACAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAADsAAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDd AQ9UAgAAAABidWd0cmFxQGZjLm5ldABTTVRQAGJ1Z3RyYXFAZmMubmV0AAAeAAIwAQAAAAUAAABT TVRQAAAAAB4AAzABAAAADwAAAGJ1Z3RyYXFAZmMubmV0AAADABUMAQAAAAMA/g8GAAAAHgABMAEA AAAPAAAAYnVndHJhcUBmYy5uZXQAAAIBCzABAAAAFAAAAFNNVFA6QlVHVFJBUUBGQy5ORVQAAwAA OQAAAAALAEA6AQAAAAIB9g8BAAAABAAAAAIAAAA9KQEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNyb3NvZnQgTWFp bC5Ob3RlADEIAQSAAQAGAAAAdmlydXMAOQIBBYADAA4AAADLBwQAFAAPAAMAHAAEABwBASCAAwAO AAAAywcEABQADgA3ABcABABKAQEJgAEAIQAAAEE3NTgwNzVFMjE3QkNFMTE5OUY4NDQ0NTUzNTQw MDAwAN4GAQOQBgAwBQAAEgAAAAsAIwAAAAAAAwAmAAAAAAALACkAAAAAAAMANgAAAAAAQAA5AADq zmtRD7oBHgBwAAEAAAAGAAAAdmlydXMAAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAABug9Ra85eB1iueyERzpn4REVT VAAAAAAeAB4MAQAAAAMAAABNUwAAHgAfDAEAAAAWAAAARUxFQ1RST1RFSy9NQUlOL0VSSUNIAAAA AwAGED4algQDAAcQhwMAAB4ACBABAAAAZQAAAElSRUNFSVZFREFORS1NQUlMRlJPTUFDT0xMRUdV RVJFR0FSRElOR0FORVdWSVJVU1BST1BPR0FURURCWUUtTUFJTENBTExFRFRIRSJHT09EVElNRVMi VklSVVNUSEVFLU1BSUwAAAAAAgEJEAEAAADMAwAAyAMAAPsFAABMWkZ1gXcmz58ACgEPAhUCpwIA Y2gKwPBzZXQxBdwCgwBQD41bBrQCgzIDxQ/HMBKRc+h0ZW0CgzMPfBRgEH3+fQqACM8J2QKACoQL NxUxEQvxIEkgGBBjZWnKdgmAIAORZS0AwAMRiwNSG0AgF4FsZWcKUK0asWcLEQuAZxwxbgfRUHZp cnUEIHADYHCWbx0QFLBkCoVieRt2TmMHQByQGzB0aBzQIlRHbwRwIAdjIh3kLk4gIQAggRuFd2EE IG6WbwVAGxByH3BzcAWQmQaQaWMKhSLBdG8gY5xobwfgIHId9GRvB5HUaXQl0WEAwGcc0AWxrncP 8AVAECBjCHF0H3CvJRAckCYiG3B4C1BvJkF/CoUkoSXwJjMgcB1RIdFIqyLBAHB5BuBkH3FsECDt JQBlCxEm4GYoUgBwGzAvD/AbECrSG0BkHUB0ad8CIAdACoULgAIQcgDALYL+PyqBBJAc0AQAHDEo kBrgvnIFMRvzIHIbhRqoOgqFAwqPGgg+IEx1Y2t5AxB5LCBiL1QCIBzQc38IcBzQB4AGIiwRDbAU sGO/LYAdYScjL4Ei8Afgazeh9wOgJHIggmcg0TJ1NCAtgHUhO0ksUWwisBSQIGByHyzBK3Akkh2y BaBtcHX3FLAQECBjcyaQHNA60S5B6xwxFLB4KHEtOQcboweBHzzwJsED8CBwPKR1Ymr5NrEgbAuA HNItQB1SAJBnPDA0kCCqLiI5BjkHQf52KNAdQy5RNrICIC9yK8D+cx9wAiAa4CBjI9AckCyhPQQg YgnhGrIIkBsRLS33IvJBBiZALjkHIgIA0AVA/ywRF6BBJEXXC4AkpRujECASciMxcycEIEFTQ/JJ GqBidQ3QBJAf8R4g3weRIHE5ByC7G6FuQLMeUT8JwCaQJJILgC1xB0Bpev8s4hswKJAngRSwIdVP tgQA8zkHKjBnaEHBStErYECw+ybAAjAtKGED8ByAJ2Esgf0FoHAIkDYzJkErYCwgJKHvRzEjUDVi JyBvK4EbhDkH/y1BGBAEES+BBaACMAtxGyH/PYMaxhuVRiIFsVURVHBat/c6UiwjIABuOQcj0CyB NWH/OlRUwyBxA6AeURrgIEIksX07MHM/1DwWKFIvgR4Qbn8DAB1hAiBIdjLvGnEyDEXTBRAP4CBX IdBHYYA00r1iJUQeADaxBbEsEVQFkNZoIvAXoGcfcERHMReg/nAHgAIwZEYckDbAA2AUsFxrIAhQ RZEFMHM0sElvRZBIdgZxD+BAK2Bo1i4XPBFiJRcxAGygAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAAAAAEAABzBAh6pK UA+6AUAACDBAh6pKUA+6AR4APQABAAAAAQAAAAAAAACGeQ== ------ =_NextPart_000_01BA0F2F.E586B480--
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