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³ VIRUS REPORT ³
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³ Christmas Card ³
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Date of Origin: December, 1987.
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Host Machine: IBM E-mail system.
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This virus circulated a Christmas greeting throughout IBM's
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worldwide E-mail system in December, 1987. The virus overloaded the
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network, forcing IBM to shut it down temporarily.<Note: Knight-Ridder
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News Service, "For Many Users, `Viruses' are Nothing New" reprinted in
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The Washington Post, November 28, 1988, p. F25.> The virus was sent by
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a West German law student to friends through a local European academic
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research network. The virus told the receiver's computer to display the
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greeting, then quietly send the virus and message to everyone on the
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recipient's regular electronic mailing list. It turned out that someone
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on the list had special, restricted access to IBM's E-mail network of
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several thousand computers in 145 countries. IBM has since modified
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their system to make repetition improbable.<Note: Philip J. Hilts,
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"Computers Face Epidemic of `Information Diseases'; Malicious
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Programmers Spread Destructive Bits of Bogus Instructions Across the
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World" The Washington Post, May 8, 1988, p. A3.>
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º This document was adapted from the book "Computer Viruses", º
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º which is copyright and distributed by the National Computer º
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º Security Association. It contains information compiled from º
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º many sources. To the best of our knowledge, all information º
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º presented here is accurate. º
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º º
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º Please send any updates or corrections to the NCSA, Suite 309, º
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º 4401-A Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008. Or call our BBS º
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º and upload the information: (202) 364-1304. Or call us voice at º
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º (202) 364-8252. This version was produced May 22, 1990. º
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º º
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º The NCSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving º
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º computer security. Membership in the association is just $45 per º
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º year. Copies of the book "Computer Viruses", which provides º
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º detailed information on over 145 viruses, can be obtained from º
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º the NCSA. Member price: $44; non-member price: $55. º
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º º
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º The document is copyright (c) 1990 NCSA. º
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º º
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º This document may be distributed in any format, providing º
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º this message is not removed or altered. º
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