>- Speaking of Thanks Man, Shaun Budding said this to Kurt Wismer on 12 Mar 
97  19:16 -<
 SB> After doing this assignment I think that
 SB> viruses are a pain in the ass, I have found out heaps on viruses I
 SB> never knew about. I now want to seek more interesting information on
 SB> these little pain in the asses. Could you please answer these
 SB> questions?? 
 SB> When was the first virus ever created?? What year??
 SB> Will there be a penalty on transferring viruses on computers e.t.c??
 SB> Will viruses ever be distroyed?? Is there a way to get rid of all of
 SB> them for  good??
Hey Shaun,
  I saw somebody else's answer to your questions and it didn't look right
  to me.  Anyway, I did an assignment on hackers starting from around 1955
  to about 1982 an as far as I know, people have been writing viruses ever
  since the computers could handle them ie: 1965+.  Remember these people
  thought in machine code - viruses weren't really that hard.  This was on
  a main frame, fairly obviously, running very small
  programs etc.  Also in my assignment I saw the first australian virus
  writer, which I think happened in about 1989 or possibly earlier.
 I find it hard to belive the first virus ever written was 1985...
Steve
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