Hi Brian,
and to whom it may concern
It is this paranoia that fuels virus hoaxes. A good example of this behavior
is the "Good Times" virus hoax which started in 1994 and is still
circulating ....the warnings themselves, were, in effect, virus-like. The
first recorded email warnings about the Good Times virus showed up on
November 15, 1994.
"Originally created by Patrick J. Rothfuss this spoof also made ridiculous
claims to the threats of this virus. The original message is as follows:
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-girlfriend 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 girlfriend behind your back
and billing the dinner and hotel room to your Discover 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 Methanphedime in your bathtub and then leave bacon
cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase grade schoolers with your
new snowblower."
and isn't it a bit late (15. - 23. december 2006) for chanukkah)
honi soi qui mal i pense
greetings
WSp
PS: netart.org.uy is not reachable - BADTIMES
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity"
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Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:57 AM
Subject: [NetBehaviour] Goodtimes
Here is some important information. Beware of a file called
Goodtimes.
Happy Chanukah everyone, and be careful out there.There is a virus on
America Online being sent by E-Mail. If you get anything called "Good
Times", DON'T read it or download it. It is a virus that will erase your
hard drive. Forward this to all your friends. It may help them a lot.
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