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"The first PC virus in the wild was a boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain[7], created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi Brothers, operating out of Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written[citation needed]. However, analysts have claimed that the Ashar virus, a variant of Brain, possibly predated it based on code within the virus" - Wikipedia
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Who created the first computer virus?
Jon von Neumann designed the first computer virus in 1949. His design was based on his theories about a self-reproducing computer program.
What was the first Computer Virus downloaded?
The first Computer Virus was downloaded in1982
Who developed the first computer virus?
Brain virus; the world's first computer virus, made in Pakistan
What is the first computer virus and who created?
1986 - Brain was written by Basit aswell as Amjad, these two brothers had a computerstore in Pakistan.The reason that they wrote the virus was that they got tired of people making illegal copies of the programs that were sold in the computer store. The virus Brain was the first bootsector virus and spread from floppy disk to floppy disk.
What was the first IBM virus?
In 1986, the first PC virus was created. It was the Brain virus from Pakistan. Brain was a boot sector virus and only infected 360k floppy disks. Interestingly, even though it was the first virus, it had full-stealth capability.
How might a disease causing virus be similar to a computer virus?
the computer virus is normally created by the humans they are sometimes caused by the unsafe usage of the computer and these viruses are non living organisms but the disease causing virus is a living organsim which is created by the uncleaned areas
How might a disease-causing virus be similar to a computer virus?
the computer virus is normally created by the humans they are sometimes caused by the unsafe usage of the computer and these viruses are non living organisms but the disease causing virus is a living organsim which is created by the uncleaned areas
When one computer links to another computer a blank is created what?
Virus
Who created the first ever computer virus and what is the virus name?
No way of telling the very first one, but one of the earliest widely disseminated viruses was called the "stoned" virus. It put a message on your computer that came up with each boot saying "Your computer is now officially stoned - legalize marijuana". The creators name is unknown.
What was the first computer virus computer virus spread via the apple floppy disk?
Elk Cloner
When was the first virus created?
The first computer virus was produced in 1971. It was a self-replicating program called the Creeper System. When it copied itself to a remote system it displayed the message, I'm the creeper, catch me if you can.'
What was the first virus to breach a Mac computer?
The first virus to breach a Mac computer was the iBotnet virus. The iBotnet virus was reported in the month of April in the year of 2009. However, Macs usually do not get viruses.
