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"Happy" 25th birthday to the computer virus

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patrickl:
AP: Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes


--- Quote ---What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.

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arcadefever:

--- Quote from: patrickl on September 01, 2007, 04:38:09 pm ---AP: Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes


--- Quote ---What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.

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 :banghead:

first virus i ever got, was on my old Atari st   :censored:

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