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| Thread ID: 81652 | 2007-08-02 22:13:00 | A History of Viruses | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 575694 | 2007-08-02 22:13:00 | A program called "Elk Cloner" is commonly credited with being the first computer virus to appear "in the wild" — that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created, but that claim is false. It was however the first virus to infect computers "in the home". Written in 1982 by Richard Skrenta, it attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system. | pctek (84) | ||
| 575695 | 2007-08-03 01:55:00 | Not an Apple, surely!!!! :D | johcar (6283) | ||
| 575696 | 2007-08-03 02:15:00 | The Apple was the most common household computer in the 80's. Maybe someone should post a history of the Windows virus ;) | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 575697 | 2007-08-03 04:25:00 | The Apple was the most common household computer in the 80's. Maybe someone should post a history of the Windows virus ;) Its a history of the VIRUS, not a specific O/S virus. I knew you'd jump in somewhere. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 575698 | 2007-08-03 04:29:00 | That was in relation to johcar's comment about the first virus being written on an Apple (an Apple II I believe) The first virus I am aware of was created by a couple of students and let lose on the Berkly U Campus back in 1969 just after Berkely got the Unix code from AT&T. When Windows 95 was released it had no security what so ever since Bill didn't think anyone needed any. It was also shipped with all ports open which presented a rather large problem for users shortly there after. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 575699 | 2007-08-03 06:09:00 | The first virus I am aware of was created by a couple of students and let lose on the Berkly U Campus back in 1969 just after Berkely got the Unix code from AT&T. When Windows 95 was released it had no security what so ever . Yes but it didn't count cause it was internal only. The next lot were for non-PC computers. Then DOS. Win95 was much, much later. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 575700 | 2007-08-03 06:14:00 | Yes but it didn't count cause it was internal only. The next lot were for non-PC computers. Then DOS. Win95 was much, much later. You mean non Windows computers because "PC" just stands for Personal Computer which is what the Commadore, Apple and the rest were/are. The early Apple computers had a few viruses that were spread by floppy disk, while the first Windows/DOS machine didn't surface until the mid to late 80's I think as the IBM PC didn't surface until 1981 or there abouts. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 575701 | 2007-08-03 08:11:00 | . Maybe someone should post a history of the Windows virus ;) Win 3.xx was the first windows boot sector virus Wasn't unitil 1991 when a guy called Linus Torvalds introduced himself, was a cure found for that boot sector virus. must be true Geoff Palmer said so. :lol::lol::lol::lol: |
beama (111) | ||
| 575702 | 2007-08-03 08:25:00 | You mean non Windows computers because "PC" just stands for Personal Computer which is what the Commadore, Apple and the rest were/are . I know, but since then PC has come to mean WinTel machines . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 575703 | 2007-08-03 08:42:00 | I know, but since then PC has come to mean WinTel machines. Probably when Windows cornered the market. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
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