Elk Cloner's design combined with the public's general lack of knowledge regarding malware and how to protect against it led to Elk Cloner being responsible for the first computer virus outbreak in history. …

Following Creeper, which was isolated within the realm of researchers, Elk Cloner was the first personal computer virus to be detected in the wild. Written in 1982 by a 15-year-old high school student …

Jan 31, 2025 · The first virus designed to infect personal computers (PCs) was called Brain. Created by two Pakistani brothers, it was originally meant to prevent software piracy but ended up spreading …

Mar 24, 2024 · It was in this primordial digital environment that the first self-replicating computer program, dubbed the "Creeper virus," was born. Created by Bob Thomas, a programmer working at …

May 26, 2025 · In 1971, Bob Thomas, a researcher at BBN Technologies, developed Creeper, widely recognized as the first computer virus. Designed to test the capabilities of ARPANET (the precursor …

May 23, 2025 · From history, Thomas created the first computer worm as an experimental self-replicating program. The experiment had zero malicious, harmful, or damaging intent, but to illustrate …

Sep 7, 2025 · Richard Skrenta created the first computer virus, called the Elk Cloner, at the age of 15. The virus spread to other computers by monitoring the floppy drive and copying itself to any floppy …

1990 - Some of the first antivirus software from Symantec called Norton AntiVirus began to appear.

The Creeper worm, an experimental self-replicating program written by Bob Thomas at BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts (originally Bolt Beranek and Newman), is generally …

Feb 28, 2024 · This is the story of Creeper, the first computer virus to traverse the internet—an entity whose genesis was rooted not in malice but in the pursuit of understanding the capabilities of …