Techguy
November 29, 2000, 10:30 am
Although thats an oldie I'll put it here...
Hoax: Good Times virus
While not the first of its kind, this one proved the first wildly successful hoax virus alert in late-1994. Many hoaxsters copied its technique over the years (sometimes almost verbatim) in an effort to duplicate its success. The person who concocted Good Times remains unknown. See the related links for more details.
Many corporate & academic email servers crashed throughout 1995 under the strain of this hoax chain letter. Frightened users forwarded the alert to "all," prompting others to hit the "reply to all" button with questions or comments...
Ironically, users often included the phrase "Good Times" in the subject line of their own warning messages. In some cases, system administrators forwarded the alert to everyone, then sent another email a few minutes later with "Good Times" in the subject line. If you opened it, you'd find a stern lecture about the danger of opening emails with "Good Times" in the subject line!
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Hoax: Good Times virus
While not the first of its kind, this one proved the first wildly successful hoax virus alert in late-1994. Many hoaxsters copied its technique over the years (sometimes almost verbatim) in an effort to duplicate its success. The person who concocted Good Times remains unknown. See the related links for more details.
Many corporate & academic email servers crashed throughout 1995 under the strain of this hoax chain letter. Frightened users forwarded the alert to "all," prompting others to hit the "reply to all" button with questions or comments...
Ironically, users often included the phrase "Good Times" in the subject line of their own warning messages. In some cases, system administrators forwarded the alert to everyone, then sent another email a few minutes later with "Good Times" in the subject line. If you opened it, you'd find a stern lecture about the danger of opening emails with "Good Times" in the subject line!
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