🚀 go-pugleaf

    Date: Tue, 2 Dec 97 09:08:30 +0000
    From: PeterG <PeterG@deftech.demon.co.uk>
    
    In the past there has been much discussion about worms and viruses in the 
    Lisp environment.

    I have not met an example of a Lisp virus or worm since I started 
    providing Lisp machine support. (But lots in Macintosh and PC systems!!!)

although I didn't encounter it (being on an isolated net with a VAX in
between), I understand that in the late 80s at TI there was a "worm"
of sorts, kinda like Max Headroom, that was "running" on the main
lispm network. I'm sure someone else can provide more details (unless
of course it was a hoax :)

I had thought about writing such a thing for the subnet I was on, but
didn't. as Peter says:
    
    If anyone was interested in bothering it would be relatively simple to 
    write a Lisp worm 

a lispm worm would be reasonably easy to do. any machine that doesn't
have most net services turned off would be an easy target--and
contrary to popular belief on the net (other machines and mailers),
you CAN pass a virus through lispm email.

 -- clint