Happy 20th Birthday to the Virus !

[Sympology]

Oh how we celebrate !

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/pc_virus_at_20/

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[BadBigBen]

and again they got their story wrong...

A program called "Elk Cloner" is credited with being the first computer virus to appear "in the wild" -- that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created. Written in 1982 by Rich Skrenta, it attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system and spread by floppy disk.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Virus

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[Sympology]

If you see it states the first PC Virus>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Virus#History

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[BadBigBen]

Yep, you are right, if you mean PC as in IBM Compatible... though also wrong as PC stands for PERSONAL COMPUTER...

All computers at that time in use, be it IBM Compat, Apple, Commodore64, Amiga, etc. where/are PC's...





Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."