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20 Years of Computer Viruses
Tuxedo Jack writes "The Register reports that twenty years ago today (19 January 1986), the first computer virus, Brain, was discovered. By modern standards, this was a minor virus, and it spread by floppy disks, which is a far cry from the network-aware worms of today. Still, though, it was the first noted virus, and we've had twenty years of pain and annoyance from it and its successors. Happy birthday, Brain, you and all your little virus friends - just know we're doing our damndest to keep you from having more."
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The brothers reportedly created the virus to deter pirated copies of software they had written.
Predecessor to the SONY rootkit!
*ducks*
READY.
PRINT ""+-0
The same thing we do every night, Pinky, try to infect the world!
If you smoke after sex, you're doing it too fast.
You will soon be the first ./ user to 'do the worm' twice in one year.
Read Pynchon.
Well, you're certainly living up to your name, Mr BadAnalogyGuy.
(Just joking, no offense meant.)