USERQU0M@SFU.BITNET (Pseudo Dragon) (11/28/89)
Apparently, the DIR EXEC everyone has been receiving is rather nasty. Not only does it send itself to everyone in the files NAMES and NETLOG, but also: >The DIR EXEC asks for the system date (QUERY TIME) and erases all files >if the system date is greater then 89, i.e. next year. The advice given was: >Please discard all copies of DIR EXEC in your system RDR queue. (Quotes from: Joachim Lohoff-Werner) I'd recommend editing this EXEC so that the spreading and damage part is removed *completely*, make it read-only, and use it. After all, it *does* perform a useful function! The only problem lies in getting a bad copy again. You'd be deleting your own files and starting another outbreak! So, once you've gotten it, *then* delete any more incoming (*bad*) copies. Just make @#$% sure your copy isn't going to erase your files in 1990, or spread. ************ From the desktop computer of Charles Howes, USERQU0M@SFU.BITNET ***** Mind you, I'm not using VMS myself. These *are* only opinions. ***** Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC ***** "Unix is like sex; those who haven't tried it don't know what all the ***** fuss is about; those who have, can't live without it."