Daniel Lynes:
GNU Emacs for OS/2 still has this feature. Very, very dangerous.
Vi and clones aren't completely safe, either. In some circumstances, at
least, they load a .exrc (and/or .vimrc or whatever) from the current
directory (not the home directory). The intention is that you can
files fly by. See ex(1) for details.
Casper Boden-Cummins.
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From: Daniel Lynes[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 19 August 1996 18:54
To:Debian Users
Cc:The recipient's address is unknown.
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:47:04 +0300, Lars Wirzenius
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:47:04 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
However, stupid people can also write mail user programs that automatically
run a program that comes in e-mail. Even more stupid people use such
UltiMail/2 Lite for OS/2 (comes with the Internet Access Kit) has such
a feature. However,
Rob == Rob Browning [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Eck) writes:
Rob Well, I'd like to see the code for the infinite loop that'd melt
Rob down my processor. I've written a few in my time (accidentally),
Rob and the machine's still here.
Well, lucky you. :-)
The issue
Terry Eck writes:
I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion
of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure
if it is anything other than a joke? Terry
It is. There is even a FAQ about it. I will dig out the URL ...
Dominik
I don't think you have anything to worry about. You just fell victim
to one of the most perpetuated practical jokes on the internet. :))
-Josh Stockwell
I called the number listed in this message it this is a joke!
The statement about the tight loop that could damage your processor
should be a dead give-away!
Check these things out in the future before spreading them!
Thanks,
Brian
I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion
of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure
if it is anything other than a joke?
Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Notice that the original post came from AOL.. :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Eck) writes:
I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion
of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure
if it is anything other than a joke?
Well, I'd like to see the code for the infinite loop that'd melt down
my
Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Notice that the original post came from AOL.. :)
O... Cheap shot! ;-)
Robbie
(who wonders how many people deleted this message in fear when they
saw the Subject: line..)
We... the subject didn't contain Good Times after
Robbie Honerkamp:
Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Not true. The Good Times virus is a hoax, but it is possible to get a virus
from e-mail, in some circumstances.
Some e-mail systems allow the sender to tag the contents as being plain
text, HTML, C source code, a
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:47:04 +0300 Lars Wirzenius ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
GNU Emacs had a similar feature (certain magic lines in a file could
run any Emacs commands automatically when the file was loaded -- and
Emacs commands are powerful indeed).
FYI, this is now disabled by default.
On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Robbie Honerkamp wrote:
I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion
of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure
if it is anything other than a joke?
Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
Actually, there is a Good Times virus and it does come by email.
The announcement itself _is_ the virus and it spreads _exteremely_
quickly!
For more information, check out the following FAQ:
I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion
of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure
if it is anything other than a joke?
Terry
_
Terry Eck [EMAIL
No no no !
Not again.
Please read http://www.singnet.com.sg/public/Virus/good-times.html;.;
This is a scam !
Phil.
On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, L. S. Colby wrote:
Hello:
I recently received the following email that is of interest to the
debian community and others.
L. S. Colby
I always try to pay attention to this kind o fstuff, because
I'm paranoid. But this is a hoax. I recieved a warning
exactly
- Received message begins Here -
(urban legend hoax deleted)
Oh, god, it's back!
Jim Lynch, Sales Analyst, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO
Southeast District, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Gentlefolk:
The ``Good Times'' virus is a hoax, an urban legend. To quote from
the CERT Coordination Center memo on the subject:
The Good Times virus warnings are a hoax. People are circulating
the warnings without verifying the information contained
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