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Good times hoax

The Good Times hoax warning about a non-existent e-mail virus has been going around for
two years already. There have been several versions of this hoax, includingIrina, PKZIP300
and Deeyenda Maddick. Here's an example of an authentic Deeyenda Maddick hoax warning,
which has been passed on via e-mail in the Internet:

  ******** VIRUS ALERT ******
  VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ !
  There is a computer virus that is being sent across the Internet. If you receive an email message with the
  subject line "Deeyenda", DO NOT read the message, DELETE it immediately. Please read the messages 
  below. Some miscreant is sending email under the title "Deeyenda" nationwide, if you get anything like
  this DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.
  Please be careful and forward this mail to anyone you care about.

  FCC WARNING !!!!! ----- DEEYENDA PLAGUES INTERNET ----
  The internet community has again been plagued by another computer virus.This message is being spread
   throughout the internet, including USENET posting, EMAIL, and other interent activities.. The reason for al
  the attention is because of the nature of this virus and the potential security risks it makes. Instead of a
  destructive trojan virus (most viruses!), this virus, referred to as Deeyenda Maddick, performs a comprehensive
  search on your computer, looking for valuable information, such as email and login passwords, credit cards,
  personal info, etc. The Deeyenda virus also has the capability to stay memory resident while running a host 
  of applications and operation systems, such as Windows  3.11 and Windows 95. What this means to 
  internet users is that when a login and PASSWORD are sent to the server, this virus can COPY this \
  information and SEND IT OUT
  TO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS (varies).
  The reason for this warning is because the Deeyenda virus is virtually undetectable. Once attacked,
  your computer will be unsecure. Although it can attack any O/S, this virus is most likely to attack thos
  users viewing Java enhanced Web Pages (Netscape 2.0+ and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+ which 
  are running on Windows 95) . Researchers at Princetonm University have found this virus on a number 
   of World Wide Web pages and fear its spread. Please pass this on, for we must alert the general public
  at the security risks.
  

The only way to fight these hoaxes is to pass the word on them and to try to stop other users from sending them
further. However,as we can see from the Good Times hoax, this can be very difficult.

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Welcome to my hoax section if you encounter a message about a virus please send to [email protected] or call me on ICQ#22015420 I do not spread hoaxes! these pages are simply to inform other users that they are hoaxes. Please to not spread hoaxes. Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning. Do not forward hoax messages. There have been cases where e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict company guideline: End users must not forward virus alarms. Ever. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department but not to anyone else.