I remember it. It was a real event. I was working closely with IBM at the time. I had a BP or similar IBM PROFS account.
It was a Christmas greeting in the PROFS system that when you opened it, it executed a script that re-sent the greeting to everyone in your PROFS address book. IBM had to take down PROFS for a day or two to get things cleaned up. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 11:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Batch JCL on Windows/.NET ??? I have been curious about this so called "Christmas Tree Virus" for many years. I hear it mentioned, but have never been able to verify it as a real event or urban legend. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Hare Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Batch JCL on Windows/.NET ??? "Now you can get JCL errors AND viruses right on the same machine." You always could - ex: the "Christmas Tree Virus" which was probably more of a "worm" on VM/Profs which I'm sure affected some machines with MVS guests (and it's old enough that it was called MVS then I believe, possibly MVS/XA or /ESA but still MVS). It's just a lot harder to do, and a LOT harder to infect the operating system itself. Applications, however, are probably easier. Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
