1. Elk Cloner
2. Brain
3. Worm
2007-02-25 16:19:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Brain. (c)Brain actually
Be sure to read the anecdote on wikipedia. The early viruses and worms have some great stories behind them.
2007-02-25 16:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-26 00:21:50 · answer #2 · answered by Romeo, Jr. B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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. This virus was originally a joke, created by the high school student and put onto a game. The game was set to play, but release the virus on the 50th time of starting the game. Only this time, instead of playing the game, it would change to a blank screen that read a poem about the virus named Elk Cloner. The computer would then be infected.
The first PC virus was a boot sector virus called (c)Brain, created in 1986 by two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, operating out of Lahore, Pakistan. The brothers reportedly created the virus to deter pirated copies of software they had written. However, analysts have claimed that the Ashar virus, a variant of Brain, possibly predated it based on code within the virus.
2007-02-26 00:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by man_vir_in 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi
Worm
2007-02-26 00:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2. brain
2007-02-26 00:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by Tibpusztaior B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brain is considered to be the first.
2007-02-26 00:23:14 · answer #6 · answered by Erick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am guessing this to be worm?
2007-02-26 00:22:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋