The first
computer virus, called "Creeper", was written by Bob Thomas in 1971.
The virus would display the message, "I'm a creeper, catch me if you can!" and messed with people's printers.
It was written as a security test to see if a self-replicating program could be written (although technically it didn't self-replicate).
To stop "Creeper", the first ANTI-virus was created. The anti-virus was called "Reaper". LOL.
Rich Skrenta, who invented the "Elk Cloner" virus in 1981 for Apple 2, said that he did it as a "practical joke".
Since then, people do it for a variety of reasons. Some are malicious and want to damage or destroy people's computers. Some do it as a joke. Some are trying to get at your personal financial data. Etc.
The virus would display the message, "I'm a creeper, catch me if you can!" and messed with people's printers.
It was written as a security test to see if a self-replicating program could be written (although technically it didn't self-replicate).
To stop "Creeper", the first ANTI-virus was created. The anti-virus was called "Reaper". LOL.
Rich Skrenta, who invented the "Elk Cloner" virus in 1981 for Apple 2, said that he did it as a "practical joke".
Since then, people do it for a variety of reasons. Some are malicious and want to damage or destroy people's computers. Some do it as a joke. Some are trying to get at your personal financial data. Etc.
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