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Jon von Neumann designed the first computer virus in 1949. His design was based on his theories about a self-reproducing computer program.

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What is the first computer virus discovered by India?

Happy Birthday Joshi', the virus was first discovered in India in June 1990


What was the very first computer virus written in 1981 called?

The first computer virus ever invented was the Creeper virus. The Creeper virus was invented in 1971 by Bob Thomas. The Creeper virus was highly experimental and it was accidentally released. It infected dozens of machines (because back then there wasn't that many computers). A group of people realized the potential danger the Creeper virus showed, so they created a counter-program called Reaper in order to find and remove the Creeper virus from infected machines. The Reaper program spread like a computer virus, but it deleted itself once it found no more infected machines.


Who discovered the first computer antivirus?

John McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a computer programmer and founder of McAfee. He was one of the first people to design anti-virus software and to develop a virus scanner. He was born in England and raised in Salem, Virginia.[1] He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Roanoke College in 1967, and he received an honorary doctorate from Roanoke College in 2008.


Where was the first computer virus made?

Made by someone with a grugg against microsoft.


Who is the first filipino who discovered the computer virus?

A computer virus is not something necessarily something you discover like human viruses. It is actually a small computer program one takes the time to create and design in order to penetrate the normal functionality of another computer program. The idea of developing a virus usually doesn't surface until a large number of computers become available to people. The first computer available to consumers was in 1974 in the U.S. by IBM. Philippines was still a developing country and the understanding, need, and cost for computers were not very popular during this time. However, some Filipinos working for IBM or institutions that had the budget for computers in the U.S. may have had an opportunity to recognize the vulnerability in computers through the development of a virus or a computer program designed to bypass a computer's security functions. The first Filipino who discovers a computer virus is most likely the first Filipino who created it - and because of the malicious intent and risky consequences for building any virus, it is unlikely that any creator will ever reveal themselves including a Filipino computer programmer. So an answer to your question will never be accurate. http://www.MeetFilipinoFriends.com chat with Filipino Friends

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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.


Who was the first person to offer a definition for the term Computer Virus?

Rick Skrenta is founder OS computer virus.