https://dracodraconis.dreamwidth.org/ Musings and Mutterings - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:53 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dracodraconis personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/10873739/29196 https://dracodraconis.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://dracodraconis.dreamwidth.org/494305.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:53 GMT https://dracodraconis.dreamwidth.org/494305.html <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8366703.stm">BBC News - Making the first computer virus</a><br /><br />Dr. Fred Cohen created the first computer virus more than 26 years ago before pioneering ways to fight malicious code. As a student he that a neighbouring university had created a Trojan, but immediately realized that if he could make the code self-replicating it could infect spread itself. He approached a computer security expert at the university with his idea and a request to build one to verify the idea. After creating the virus, he spent the next five years trying to figure out ways to protect computers from the very thing he knew others would soon create.<br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dracodraconis&ditemid=494305" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://dracodraconis.dreamwidth.org/494305.html computers computer-programming public 0