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From: POSTMAST@IDUI1.BITNET (Marty Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: DIR EXEC remedies (VM/CMS)
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Date: 28 Nov 89 12:54:00 GMT
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What are other VM/CMS installations doing to slow down the spread of
the DIR EXEC?  I seem to remember that the CHRISTMA EXEC prompted
someone to write a program to scan/clean the SPOOL queue, and I was
wondering if anything similar is available for DIR.

On this subject: how far should system administrators go to protect
users from this type of "letter bomb".  It seems a bit heavy-handed to
purge ANY file from the queue with a filetype of EXEC, XEDIT, or MODULE.
Is it best to let the users fend for themselves, or overprotect them?

Marty Zimmerman
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