The "good times virus alert" is one of the best-known HOAXES in the Internet. The "virus" is the warning message itself. Please DON'T pass it on! Jouko Lindstedt Slavonic and Baltic Department, University of Helsinki e-mail: Jouko.Lindstedt at Helsinki.Fi or jslindst at cc.helsinki.fi http://www.helsinki.fi/~jslindst/