Re: HOAX E-Mail Virus Warning

[billc@txinfinet.com (Bill Christensen)]

The Good Times Virus DOES NOT EXIST.   It is a hoax that started around
christmas time some 3+ years ago.  It is a rumor.  That's all.  

You can NOT get a virus by reading email.  You have to actually download a
program and start it up for a virus to get its "wake up call" to start
spreading through your machine. 

Go to the website at Northwestern University, pick up the latest copy of their
virus protection software, and read up on what viruses are and how they work. 


There are several web pages chronicling the spread of this hoax:

http://www.tcp.co.uk/tcp/good-times/index.html 

http://www.singnet.com.sg/staff/lorna/Virus -- lots of virus info

(Note: the V must be capitalized.)

http://www.nsm.smcm.edu/News/GTHoax.html 
  

Please forward this message back to the people who you know who were sent the
original warning message.  If you get a chance , add the URL of the Good Times
page, so they can see for themselves that it Is a HOAX. Thanks for helping get
rid of this chicken little message. 

Bill Christensen
Sysop & Webster, Texas InfiNet
billc@greenbuilder.com



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Bill Christensen
billc@txinfinet.com
Sustainable Building Calendar at http://www.greenbuilder.com
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