Christmas Tree EXEC
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christmas-tree-exec-242-5336509
title:
Christmas Tree EXEC
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Christmas Tree EXEC was the first widely disruptive computer worm, which paralyzed several international computer networks in December 1987. The virus ran on the IBM VM/CMS operating system. Written by a student at the Clausthal University of Technology in the REXX scripting language, it drew a crude Christmas tree as text graphics, then sent itself to each entry in the target's email contacts file. In this way it spread onto the European Academic Research Network (EARN), BITNET, and IBM's world
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First widely disruptive computer worm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Tree_EXEC
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2023-11-02T20:14:13Z
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