Back in the 1990's every Fall the entering freshmen would discover a mythical virus called, "Goodtimes". Somebody would receive a lengthy email warning about it then somebody else would send it to their mail list and thus propagate for several months and slowly disperse over the year until a new freshman class arrived on campus. The email propagated each year but the crest was lower each year, I'll bet. Kind of like a stadium "wave" that circles and dissipates.

I'm thinking it would make an interesting research subject for an MS in CS.

Also, the spoof itself was a bit of a virus. It tied-up resources and got newbies in a tizzie which meant the CS Gods would have to deal with enquiries, etc.

Anyway, an interesting phenomenon.

B