24/12/2022
[This Day in Tech History]
December 25, 1987 | The Christmas virus begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm
December 25, 1987 The Christmas virus begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree text graphic on the victim’s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supporte...