17 Feb
1999
17 Feb
'99
6:04 a.m.
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.
Thanks
CharlesII(a)nwohio.net
17 Feb
17 Feb
6:44 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.
The first article I ever read on computer viruses was in the Los Angeles
Times in 1986. In fact, I clipped and saved this article (and many
others) and still have it in a file folder laying on a shelf in my bedroom
closet.
The author then accurately predicted the explosion of computer virus
attacks. In 1986 I was just playing around with computer timebombs on the
Apple ][ (one of my dumb friends actually used my program on an
unsuspecting fellow computer class student and got reamed out pretty good
by the teacher) but viruses were pretty scarce. A few years later and
they started to become a major nuisance.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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7:30 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Charles Oblender wrote:
> Could any one point me to a source for the history of viruses and
Well, I believe the first author to write about a Worm program was
David Gerrold in 'When Harlie was One'. This is a science fiction book
(Gerrold's first sale was an episode of a 1960's TV show called
'The Trouble with Tribbles'... the original Star Trek series, of course).
Hmm, i see he has his own web site, www.gerrold.com
If you can find a book that ACM produced about 10 years ago, "Computers
Under Attack: Intruders, Worms, and Viruses" this would be
a goldmine of information for your paper. This book is actually a collection
of research papers by various authors.
-Lawrence LeMay
computer
worms. I'm doing a recearch paper and I'm looking for sources.
The first article I ever read on computer viruses was in the Los Angeles
Times in 1986. In fact, I clipped and saved this article (and many
others) and still have it in a file folder laying on a shelf in my bedroom
closet.
The author then accurately predicted the explosion of computer virus
attacks. In 1986 I was just playing around with computer timebombs on the
Apple ][ (one of my dumb friends actually used my program on an
unsuspecting fellow computer class student and got reamed out pretty good
by the teacher) but viruses were pretty scarce. A few years later and
they started to become a major nuisance.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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9:39 a.m.
Could you send me copies of these news articles? From what I found so far
computer viruses were around longer than that. I am also interested in "worm"
programs which act differently than a virus since a worm usually doesn't destroy
the system and reproduces it on its own.
Sam Ismail wrote:
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.
The first article I ever read on computer viruses was in the Los Angeles
Times in 1986. In fact, I clipped and saved this article (and many
others) and still have it in a file folder laying on a shelf in my bedroom
closet.
The author then accurately predicted the explosion of computer virus
attacks. In 1986 I was just playing around with computer timebombs on the
Apple ][ (one of my dumb friends actually used my program on an
unsuspecting fellow computer class student and got reamed out pretty good
by the teacher) but viruses were pretty scarce. A few years later and
they started to become a major nuisance.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Always hasslin' the man.
Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 02/15/99] 
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
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