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The computer virus is born, November 10, 1983
- Piko 11y agoInside the article there's a link to another article on the same page about the "Elk Cloner" Virus [1] with the title "1st computer virus is written, January 30, 1982". Which is only a little bit weird considering the linked article's title is "The computer virus is born, November 10, 1983". [1]: http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4406021/1st-computer-virus-is-written--January-30--1982 http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4406021/1st...
- brudgers 11y agoThe linked paper Computer Viruses - Theory and Experiements is a fascinating bit of history. https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~aprakash/eecs588/handouts/cohen-viruses.html https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~aprakash/eecs588/handouts/cohen-...
- Animats 11y agoNah. Here's the first computer virus, ANIMAL[1], from 1975. [1] http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/pervade.html http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/pervade.html
- jordigh 11y agoAnd when did it die? Computer viruses are virtually extinct. Nearly all malware nowadays is trojans, not viruses.