Re: Warning, Dangerous Virus !!! (fwd)

[Matt Clark clark@xxxxxxxx]

I got a copy of this same warning yesterday, forwarded from a
friend at a different institution. Apparently, this is an old
hoax, as you suggest, that has been revived. Systems people at my
place say so, anyway. As far as anyone knows, viruses aren't
spread in text files, but of course, anything is possible.

Matt Clark

On Sat, 29 Apr 1995, Harmon F Seaver wrote:

> Gee, I think we were getting this same warning about the same supposed "good
> times" virus before Xmas last. Although it may or may not be technically
> feasible to do such a thing -- I think it was generally considered to be a
> hoax at that time, and probably still is. The parts about "destroying your
> hard drive" and putting the cpu into some sort of self-destructive loop seem
> especially unlikely, if not impossible. > > -- > Harmon Seaver
> hseaver@xxxxxxxx
> hseaver@xxxxxxxx
> seaverh@xxxxxxxx
> harmon@xxxxxxxx
> > Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and
the answer is NO.
> >