Virtual Virus

Nota:

• He published an article in 1940s on the possibility of duplication computer program

1. John Conway

   Nota:

   •  Created the first computer virus
   1. Game of Life

      Nota:

      • The virus that resembled a game signified

Nota:

• large companies develop the first program that copies itself

1. Big companies
   1. organisms

      Nota:

      • first program that copies itself

Nota:

• pointed out the similarity between sofware that copies itself and biological virus

1. Lean Adleman

Nota:

• comes the term computer virus

1. Fred Cohen and Len Adleman
   1. Computer virus

Nota:

• The first reports of serious damage from a pc virus

1. Basit and Amajad Farooq

   Nota:

   • virus creators
   1. Pakistani Brain virus