3.821 bad Bitnet address; beware DIR EXEC! (55)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Mon, 4 Dec 89 20:41:28 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 821. Monday, 4 Dec 1989.


(1) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 13:42 EDT (21 lines)
From: JSCHWARTZ%desire@WSU
Subject: Bad Bitnet Address???

(2) Date: Monday, 4 December 1989 1909-EST (14 lines)
From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS
Subject: DIR EXEC virus

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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 13:42 EDT
From: JSCHWARTZ%desire@WSU
Subject: Bad Bitnet Address???

Halloo!!!

I've been receiving quite a bit of mail lately from Humanist members with
incorrect BITNET addresses attached. My real address, for those of
you who wish to become involved with the "new, improved" Research in
Word Processing Newsletter," is

JSCHWARTZ%DESIRE@WSU.BITNET

Please don't forget the "%DESIRE" (sans quotes) part, or else I won't
get it--or will get a corrputed version.

Thanks!

Regards,

Jim Schwartz
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Date: Monday, 4 December 1989 1909-EST
From: KRAFT@PENNDRLS
Subject: DIR EXEC virus

All users of the IBM mainframe here at Penn were just
issued a warning not to accept (or use) a file called
DIR EXEC that may be floating around. It will send out
multiple messages to people on one's NAMES lists on
VMS/CMS (or whatever we have), and in 1990, destroy
one's files. The added admonition was included not to
accept any EXEC files from outside or untested sources.
Sounds like sound advice.

Bob Kraft