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FYI, I'm the "Ross Patterson" from the RISKS Digest reference in the article. I'll be careful and only make changes that are supported by other sources. RossPatterson ( talk) 01:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
The article states that "IBM's internal mainframes refuse to execute programs named CHRISTMAS". However, the article also states the file-name was and only could be 8 characters long (CHRISTMA). I'm thinking that the mainframes refused to execute CHRISTMA or this feature is just made-up. I haven't changed the article, since I don't know much about it... 82.34.233.236 ( talk) 18:42, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
IBM MVS systems have never been limited to 8 character filenames; only the member names of libraries, such as EXEC libraries, were limited to 8 characters. The "Christmas Tree EXEC" described here was actually not a worm so much as a spammy chain letter. GlennAllenII ( talk) 16:36, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
There really needs to be a pop up or some kind of warning for the source code for the virus to warn you what you're about to open, because i thought the link was a SCREENSHOT of the worm, not the actual worm. I'm just lucky I have avast running real time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yutsi ( talk • contribs) 03:53, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
I received this file, read the source code, went "Heh, that's cute", and executed it to send the Christmas card to my address book. I didn't think through the implication of what would happen if all the recipients did the same -- remember, this was before the RTFM worm. :-) -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 22:08, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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