{"id":13425,"date":"2014-12-25T23:16:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/a-virus-on-christmas-2\/"},"modified":"2014-12-25T23:16:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T23:16:02","slug":"a-virus-on-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/a-virus-on-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Virus on Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-4110\">\n<div class=\"format_text entry-content\">\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F12%252F25%252Fa-virus-on-christmas%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F12%252Fchristmas-exec-300x187.jpg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[4110]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/f7bf9__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2Fchristmas-exec.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4110]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4111\" alt=\"christmas-exec\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/f7bf9__christmas-exec-300x187.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>December 25, 1987<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChristmas_virus\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas virus<\/a>\u00a0begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree\u00a0text graphic on the victim\u2019s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supported eight-character filenames. it was\u00a0the world\u2019s first widely disruptive computer worm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottomcontainerBox c7\">\n<div class=\"c6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2Fcreate%2Fbutton%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252F12%252F25%252Fa-virus-on-christmas%252F%26amp%3Bmedia%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fthisdayintechhistory.com%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F12%252Fchristmas-exec-300x187.jpg\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" rel=\"lightbox[4110]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/f7bf9__pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fthisdayintechhistory.com%2F12%2F24%2Fgif-madness%2F\" rel=\"prev\">GIF Madness!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/f7bf9__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thisdayintechhistory.com\/12\/25\/a-virus-on-christmas\/\">This Day in Tech History<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 25, 1987 The\u00a0Christmas virus\u00a0begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree\u00a0text graphic on the victim\u2019s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supported eight-character filenames. it was\u00a0the world\u2019s first widely disruptive computer worm. 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