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Article #1974Re: When did computer viruses really start?
From: A. Lester Buck
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1989 19:22
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1989 19:22
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With all of these references to fictional computer viruses, I keep waiting for the definitive data on the first REAL computer virus. I read that a Prof. Fred(?) Cohen at Lehigh claims to have written the first computer virus around 1983(?). Anyone have any more details, confirming or contradicting? -- A. Lester Buck ...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ucsd!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!uhnix1!moray!siswat!buck From: buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: When did computer viruses really start? Summary: First REAL virus - Fred Cohen,1983? Message-ID: <377@siswat.UUCP> Date: 5 Feb 89 19:22:54 GMT References: <2479@kalliope.rice.edu> <Jan.25.13.21.37.1989.283@ron.rutgers.edu> <440@ispi.UUCP> Organization: Photon Graphics, Houston Lines: 8