VIRUS-L Digest Thursday, 15 Dec 1988 Volume 1 : Issue 47 Today's Topics: Re: CHRISTMA EXEC?? Kids Stuff!!!! (IBM VM/CMS) Modem virus Request for list of viruses (Mac and PC) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: portal!cup.portal.com!dan-hankins@Sun.COM Date: Wed, 14-Dec-88 15:32:52 PST Subject: Re: CHRISTMA EXEC?? Kids Stuff!!!! (IBM VM/CMS) In an article posted 13 December 88, 18:51:33 Otto Stolz writes: > Don't run any programs that you neither can read and understand, > nor have ordered from some trustworthy supplier, The interesting thing about the CHRISTMA EXEC was that it mailed itself to people in your nicknames and netlog files. Namely, people with whom you regularly correspond. So here at IBM, employees would receive this exec from people they regularly corresponded with - i.e. people they knew and trusted. So CHRISTMA EXEC *did* come from a trustworthy supplier! Even shrink-wrapped software from a multi-million dollar corporation cannot be considered as coming from a trustworthy supplier - - Aldus accidentally distributed FreeHand with the MacMag virus in it. If you mean not to run any program you can't read and understand *even* if from a trustworthy supplier, then you've just killed the entire software business. How many software companies provide large database programs in source form? How many users could understand all of such a beast if they did get it in source form? Sometimes even the people writing the software do not understand all of it. Dan Hankins ------------------------------ From: portal!cup.portal.com!dan-hankins@Sun.COM Subject: Modem virus Date: Wed, 14-Dec-88 18:18:12 PST From the description of the remedies given by the person who purportedly found this alleged virus, I'd have to guess that it could be an attempt to cut down on modem traffic by making people scared to use their modems. I can think of several reasons why someone would want to cut down on transfers of programs and data freely over phone lines. Dan Hankins ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 08:28:20 LCL From: Bret Ingerman [{315} 443-1865] Subject: Request for list of viruses (Mac and PC) A simple request (I hope): Would it be possible for someone to post a listing of all known Mac and IBM viruses, what they do, and how to treat them (i.e., what softwaPlease let me know if such a list exists or if it would be wise for me to create one. Thanks. BRET INGERMAN ACADEMIC COMPUTING SERVICES ______ SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY / | ------- | | BITNET: INGERMAN@SUVM _________/ | NOISENET: (315) 443-1865 | * | SNAILNET: 215 Machinery Hall / SYRACUSE | Syracuse, NY 13244-1260 USA |______________ | |_ | |__| Disclaimer: Who said that? ------------------------------ End of VIRUS-L Digest ********************* Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253