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Message no. 1
From: The G_master <G_master@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:46:03 +0100
> > Be careful and don´t get this shit!
> >
> > > VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!
> > >
> > > If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open it.
> > > It will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter ou=
t
> > > to as many people as you can. This is a new, very malicious virus a=
nd
> > > not many people know about it. This information was announced
> > > yesterday morning from IBM; please share it with everyone that migh=
t
> > > access
> > > the internet. Once again, pass this along to EVERYONE in your
> > > address book so that this may be stopped. Also, do not open or even=

> > > look at any mail that says "RETURNED OR UNABLE TO DELIVERY" This
vi=
rus
> > > will attach itself to your computer components and render them
> > > useless. Immediately delete any mail items that say this. AOL has s=
aid
> > > that this is a very dangerous virus and that there is NO remedy for=
it
> > > at this time. Please practice cautionary measures and forward this =
to
> > > all your online friends ASAP.
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Jerry Boezel
> > > Manager, WW Marketing, Large Systems Storage
> > > Storage Systems Division
> > > 5600 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95193 USA; dept. P22/010 office 426
> > > Phone (408) 256 5007, Fax (408) 256 7821. Secretary: Sue Peres at (=
408)
> > > 256
> > > 5063 or IBMUSM51(SUEPERES)
> > >
> > --

???? hope this IS fun

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Message no. 2
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 15:52:01 -0700
At 23:46 08/02/98 +0100, you wrote:

<Snipped>

This is a hoax.

This thread ends here.

Good day,
Adam Jury
ShadowRN Assistant Fearless Leader

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Message no. 3
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:31:18 +0000
In article <34DE35AB.26C1FEA2@*******.com>, The G_master
<G_master@*******.COM> writes
>> > Be careful and dont get this shit!
>> >
>> > > VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!
>> > >
>> > > If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open
it.

My 54-year-old mother recently telephoned me in a panic about this, and
I had to explain it was a hoax virus.

"Join The Crew" is merely a variant of "Good Times", which competes
with
"Make Money Fast" and "Hot Porno Action!" as the most annoying e-mail
viruses around.

It is a hoax, a joke, a prank, and of no risk to anyone at all unless
you start mindlessly forwarding messages warning people about the new e-
mail virus to all and sundry.

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 4
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 07:16:17 -0700
Paul J. Adam wrote:
)In article <34DE35AB.26C1FEA2@*******.com>, The G_master
)<G_master@*******.COM> writes
)>> > Be careful and dont get this shit!
)>> >
)>> > > VIRUS WARNING !!!!!!
)>> > >
)>> > > If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT open
it.
)
)My 54-year-old mother recently telephoned me in a panic about this, and
)I had to explain it was a hoax virus.
)
)"Join The Crew" is merely a variant of "Good Times", which competes
with
)"Make Money Fast" and "Hot Porno Action!" as the most annoying e-mail
)viruses around.
)
)It is a hoax, a joke, a prank, and of no risk to anyone at all unless
)you start mindlessly forwarding messages warning people about the new e-
)mail virus to all and sundry.

The next time you receive one of the various email virus hoaxes,
reply with the following :)
----

Warning: Goodtimes Email Virus!!

If you receive an email with the subject "Goodtimes", do not open it!
Chances are it contains the Goodtimes email virus!

Goodtimes will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will
scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will
recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream
goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards,
screw up the tracking on your television and use subspace field
harmonics to scratch any CD's you try to play.

It will give your ex-girl/boyfriend your new phone number. It will mix
Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave
its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over.
It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants
and hide your car keys when you are late for work.

Goodtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give you
nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas tank
and shave off both your eyebrows while dating your current girl/boyfriend
behind your back and billing the dinner and hotel room to your Visa
card.

It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead,
such is the power of Goodtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to
sully those things we hold most dear.

It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it.
It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your
boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is
dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting
shade of mauve.

Goodtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet
seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine in your bathtub and
then leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase
gradeschoolers with your new snowblower.

These are just a few signs... Just be very careful!

----

-David
--
"There is only one happiness in life,
to love and be loved."
- George Sand
--
Supervisor, Data Preparation
The UnCover Company
email: dbuehrer@******.carl.org
Message no. 5
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:03:56 +0000
And verily, did The G_master hastily scribble thusly...
|???? hope this IS fun

If you mean you hope it's a hoax, it is.
Kill this thread. Please?

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Message no. 6
From: Leto Atreides 2 <tmc1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 14:43:48 -0700
> Warning: Goodtimes Email Virus!!
>
> If you receive an email with the subject "Goodtimes", do not open it!
> Chances are it contains the Goodtimes email virus!
>
> Goodtimes will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will
> scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will
> recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream
> goes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards,
> screw up the tracking on your television and use subspace field
> harmonics to scratch any CD's you try to play.
>
> It will give your ex-girl/boyfriend your new phone number. It will mix
> Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave
> its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over.
> It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit pants
> and hide your car keys when you are late for work.
>
> Goodtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give you
> nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas tank
> and shave off both your eyebrows while dating your current girl/boyfriend
> behind your back and billing the dinner and hotel room to your Visa
> card.
>
> It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead,
> such is the power of Goodtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to
> sully those things we hold most dear.
>
> It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it.
> It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your
> boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is
> dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting
> shade of mauve.
>
> Goodtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet
> seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine in your bathtub and
> then leave bacon cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase
> gradeschoolers with your new snowblower.
>
> These are just a few signs... Just be very careful!
>
> ----
>
> -David
> --
> "There is only one happiness in life,
> to love and be loved."
> - George Sand
> --
> Supervisor, Data Preparation
> The UnCover Company
> email: dbuehrer@******.carl.org

Very amusing. I think that this is one of the most funny e-mails I have
ever read. Did you make this up yourself? Then there is the Jurassic
Park e-mail virus, which causes large stampeding dinosaurs through your
living room, and don't even try to think about the Alien Resurrection
virus...
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You can e-mail me at tmc1@****.com (preferred) or at
letoatreides2@*******.com. I am on Regent of Dune
as Estios. (Couldn't very well do Leto 2, ya know.)
My homepage is Http://members.home.com/tmc1. My
PGP public key is there.

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Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Virus Warnung - Rundschreiben
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 23:10:56 +0000
And verily, did Leto Atreides 2 hastily scribble thusly...
[[[ BIG SNIP OF WHAT WAS THE GOOD TIMES VIRUS SPOOF ]]]
Yes, I saw it. There was no need to see it all AGAIN!

|Very amusing. I think that this is one of the most funny e-mails I have
|ever read. Did you make this up yourself? Then there is the Jurassic
|Park e-mail virus, which causes large stampeding dinosaurs through your
|living room, and don't even try to think about the Alien Resurrection
|virus...

Try learning to snip your posts!

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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