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    History of malwareΒΆ

    Some small stories on how malicious software (malware) has evolved into the complicated viruses we may be exposed to today.

    • Interview with Ray Tomlinson on Creeper/Reaper

    • Malware spotlight: Wabbit

    • The Animal Episode

    • Elk-Cloner: The 30-year-old prank that became the first computer virus

    • With Microscope and Tweezers: An Analysis of the Internet Virus of November 1988

    • YouTube: Virus.DOS.Cascade

    • onx/CASCADE

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