...In 1983, Fred Cohen, a US student, created the first computer virus whilst studying for his PhD at the University of Southern California. He described a virus as 'a program that can 'infect' other programs by modifying them to include a 'version of itself'. The virus hid inside a graphics program called VD and used the permissions users had to look at other parts of the computer to spread around the system. In all of the tests Cohen carried out, the virus managed to gain the right to reach any part of the system in anything between five minutes and an hour. They were then able to transfer to other computers via floppy disks...
Monday, October 16, 2006
Fred opens the floodgates - a look at the anti-virus market - Principia.com
...In 1983, Fred Cohen, a US student, created the first computer virus whilst studying for his PhD at the University of Southern California. He described a virus as 'a program that can 'infect' other programs by modifying them to include a 'version of itself'. The virus hid inside a graphics program called VD and used the permissions users had to look at other parts of the computer to spread around the system. In all of the tests Cohen carried out, the virus managed to gain the right to reach any part of the system in anything between five minutes and an hour. They were then able to transfer to other computers via floppy disks...
...In 1983, Fred Cohen, a US student, created the first computer virus whilst studying for his PhD at the University of Southern California. He described a virus as 'a program that can 'infect' other programs by modifying them to include a 'version of itself'. The virus hid inside a graphics program called VD and used the permissions users had to look at other parts of the computer to spread around the system. In all of the tests Cohen carried out, the virus managed to gain the right to reach any part of the system in anything between five minutes and an hour. They were then able to transfer to other computers via floppy disks...
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