July 21, 200718 yr Computer virus reaches 25th anniversary From innocent poem to dangerous malware First ever virus ran on Apple Computers The computer virus has reached its 25th birthday. 'Elk Cloner' was created in July 1982, when it was added to a computer game and spread via floppy disks between Apple II systems. The creator is believed to have been a high-school student from Pittsburgh. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=10119
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