Who Invented the Computer Virus?

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Post by ryan_j_naughton » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 8:40 PM UTC

Who Invented the Computer Virus?
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Re: Who Invented the Computer Virus?

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Post by kleer001 » Wed, Mar 18, 2015, 9:15 PM UTC

better title: "Who first distributed personal computer viruses?" Still informative and entertaining.

I would credit the original virus to John von Neuman and Bob Thomas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computer_viruses_an...

Re: Who Invented the Computer Virus?

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Post by maslam » Thu, Mar 19, 2015, 12:49 AM UTC

I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and knew Basit Alvi - he is a super smart guy who ran a modem-based ISP (BrainNET) long before we had high-speed Internet. He's a hacker at heart.

Re: Who Invented the Computer Virus?

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Post by infosecpoke » Thu, Mar 19, 2015, 1:52 AM UTC

maslam wrote: post #3

I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and knew Basit Alvi - he is a super smart guy who ran a modem-based ISP (BrainNET) long before we had high-speed Internet. He's a hacker at heart.

Who does he now work for?

Re: Who Invented the Computer Virus?

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Post by maslam » Thu, Mar 19, 2015, 2:45 AM UTC

infosecpoke wrote: post #4

maslam wrote: post #3

I grew up in Lahore, Pakistan and knew Basit Alvi - he is a super smart guy who ran a modem-based ISP (BrainNET) long before we had high-speed Internet. He's a hacker at heart.

Who does he now work for?

As the article mentioned, he runs one of the largest ISPs in Pakistan called BrainNET. At least that's what I remember.