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Title: "Happy" 25th birthday to the computer virus
Post by: patrickl on September 01, 2007, 04:38:09 pm
AP: Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COMPUTER_VIRUS_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

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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.
Title: Re: "Happy" 25th birthday to the computer virus
Post by: arcadefever on September 01, 2007, 06:57:20 pm
Quote from: patrickl on September 01, 2007, 04:38:09 pm
AP: Prank Starts 25 Years of Security Woes (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COMPUTER_VIRUS_ANNIVERSARY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)

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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.

 :banghead:

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