Sure, but C64s, VAXen and such never had any viruses
written
specifically for them, IIRC.
I think you don't recall correctly, or perhaps you never heard of the
Morris worm. It's been a while since I read up on it, but I'm fairly
sure one of its spreading mechanisms involved a VAX machine-language
grappling hook.
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