Computer virus reaches 25th anniversary
By: admin in Antivirus
The computer virus has reached its 25th birthday. 'Elk Cloner' was created in July 1982, when it was added to a computer game and spread via floppy disks between Apple II systems. The creator is believed to have been a high-school student from Pittsburgh.The game was set to play normally 49 times, but to release the virus on the 50th time of starting the game. However, the virus payload was to make a poem appear on infected users' screens.While originally a prank, the virus paved the way for a torrent of annoying and more dangerous ma …
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