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Was it the first?Was it the first? Are the risks the same?Are the risks the same?
Prehistory - 1940s-50sPrehistory - 1940s-50s
von Neumann architecturevon Neumann architecture Harvard architectureHarvard architecture
Howard Aiken, Mark I – IVHoward Aiken, Mark I – IV Risk – Law of unintended consequencesRisk – Law of unintended consequences
Cost/benefit – development versus viruses?Cost/benefit – development versus viruses?
Prehistory - 1960s-70sPrehistory - 1960s-70s
Core WarsCore Wars DARWIN – 1969DARWIN – 1969
““Survival” of programsSurvival” of programs ImpImp
Replication, quite successfulReplication, quite successful Risk – beware of playful programmersRisk – beware of playful programmers
TrojansTrojans
Various types, difficult to defineVarious types, difficult to define Password stealingPassword stealing PranksPranks Malicious damageMalicious damage Phishing (ID theft)Phishing (ID theft)
Infamous Xerox wormInfamous Xerox worm Shoch and HuppShoch and Hupp
Experiment in distributed computingExperiment in distributed computing Application with multiple “segments”Application with multiple “segments” Bug in the programBug in the program
Risk – unintended consequences againRisk – unintended consequences again
Prehistory - 1980sPrehistory - 1980s
Apple virusesApple viruses 1980-811980-81 TexasTexas Like Core Wars, examining survivalLike Core Wars, examining survival
Variant 1 successfulVariant 1 successful Variant 2 escaped, interfered with gameVariant 2 escaped, interfered with game Variant 3 to hunt down 2Variant 3 to hunt down 2
Desert StormDesert Storm Risk – don't believe everything you readRisk – don't believe everything you read
MSAVMSAV Anti-antivirusAnti-antivirus Risk - There is hardly anything in the world that Risk - There is hardly anything in the world that
some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey. - John Ruskinthis man's lawful prey. - John Ruskin
19941994
Good Times hoaxGood Times hoax Risk – don't believe everything you readRisk – don't believe everything you read
Springer-Verlag publishes "Robert Slade's Springer-Verlag publishes "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses"Guide to Computer Viruses" (ummm ...)(ummm ...)
19951995
ConceptConcept Macro virusMacro virus RisksRisks
Outdated definitions of “program”Outdated definitions of “program” Extraneous functionalityExtraneous functionality
19991999
MelissaMelissa First of the “fast burners”First of the “fast burners” Used multiple linked applicationsUsed multiple linked applications