Major Computer Viruses Over 25 Years
August 31st, 2007 in Technology / SoftwareELK CLONER, 1982: Regarded as the first virus to hit personal computers worldwide, "Elk Cloner" spread through Apple II floppy disks and displayed a poem written by its author, a ninth-grade student who was designing a practical joke.
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