17 Feb
1999
17 Feb
'99
7:14 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Charles Oblender wrote:
Could any one point me to a source for the history of
viruses and
computer worms. I'm doing a recearch paper and I'm looking for sources.
Well, the origin of the words themselves applying to computers is the
novel _The Shockwave Rider_ by the late John Brunner. Highly
recommended, though somewhat dated technically now (unavoidable in any
writing about computers set decades in the future -- and this novel
was published in 1975).
Other than that, you might try digging through the web pages of some
of the anti-virus product vendors.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then
you'll just take the fall" Michael Longcor