On Jan 15, 1991, we received a copy of the GAME2 MODULE (a worm not reall y a virus) and we stopped it from spreading with a similar scan-spool&cle an process. /Tom Kern
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:35:59 +0000, Chip Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Boy, does that bring back memories! > >I wrote the GRINCH EXEC in Rexx within minutes of it showing up on our ( very >large) university system. It was a simple search and destroy routine th at >scanned the system RDR spool and "stole" the offending files. ;-) > >Its main claim to fame was that because it was written in Rexx, it was q uick to >implement and it kept the spool from filling up. In those days, that ca used an >ABEND. GRINCH was fairly widely distributed around VM university sites, but in >all honesty it wasn't that sophisticated and many shops wrote their own. > >I left VM at Y2K (kicking and screaming) so I'm not terribly current, bu t can >anyone recall an example of a "VM virus" besides XMAS EXEC? > >-Chip Davis- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
