Re: Merry CHRISTMA EXEC to you....

[Andrew Haninger <ahaning () gmail com>]

On 12/24/05, Andrew Haninger <ahaning () gmail com> wrote:
> On 12/24/05, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> >  http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000750
> Can you (or someone else) let the rest of us in on the history behind
> that image/text? Where/when is it from?
Nevermind.

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/archive-122004.html

"Our Christmas greeting this year shows the payload of one of the
first computer worms ever: CHRISTMA EXEC from 1987. This was a REXX
worm affecting IBM mainframes. This pictures is taken from an
excellent write-up of the worm which is available on IEEE's web pages.
Authors of the article include the almost-legendary Steve White and
David Chess from IBM."

-Andy

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