Who Invented the Computer Virus?

Posted by ryan_j_naughton on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @04:40PM
from the priceonomics.com dept.

http://priceonomics.com/who-invented-the-computer-virus/

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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by kleer001 on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @05:15PM (#9228752)

better title: "Who first distributed personal computer viruses?" Still informative and entertaining.

I would credit the original virus to John von Neuman and Bob Thomas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computer_viruses_an...

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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by maslam on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @08:49PM (#9229624)

I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and knew Basit Alvi - he is a super smart guy who ran a modem-based ISP (BrainNET) long before we had high-speed Internet. He's a hacker at heart.

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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by infosecpoke on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @09:52PM (#9229798)

Who does he now work for?

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Re:Who Invented the Computer Virus? by maslam on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @10:45PM (#9229960)

As the article mentioned, he runs one of the largest ISPs in Pakistan called BrainNET. At least that's what I remember.

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