Post by lukeamania on Jan 20, 2006 0:26:45 GMT -5
have a look at this and have some history
Today, 19 January is the 20th anniversary for the appearance of the first PC virus. Brain, a boot sector virus, was let loose in January 1986 and spread via infected floppy disks.
This virus is thought to have originated in Pakistan and at the time there were suspicions that it was created as a way to promote a company called Brain Computer Services, as its name and address would appear inside of the virus.
The "original" Brain was considered fairly harmless, as its major effect was a change of the volume label. Only one harmful variant has been reported, which attacked on May 5, 1992.
Nowadays Brain is extint.
Today, 19 January is the 20th anniversary for the appearance of the first PC virus. Brain, a boot sector virus, was let loose in January 1986 and spread via infected floppy disks.
This virus is thought to have originated in Pakistan and at the time there were suspicions that it was created as a way to promote a company called Brain Computer Services, as its name and address would appear inside of the virus.
The "original" Brain was considered fairly harmless, as its major effect was a change of the volume label. Only one harmful variant has been reported, which attacked on May 5, 1992.
Nowadays Brain is extint.
