Creator of first computer virus

Speaking of computers, here is the story about the first computer virus ever written. Source by Microsoft. So, they thought of a unique way of teaching their customers a lesson, they created the Brain virus.

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The version Walker created was in high demand, and sending it to his friends meant making and transmitting magnetic tapes. Brain, the first PC virus, began infecting 5. As Securelist reports, it was the work of two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who ran a computer store in Pakistan.

Tired of customers making illegal copies of their software, they developed Brain, which replaced the boot sector of a floppy disk with a virus. The virus, which was also the first stealth virus, contained a hidden copyright message, but did not actually corrupt any data. The introduction of reliable, speedy broadband networks early in the 21st century changed the way malware was transmitted.

No longer confined to floppy disks or company networks, malware was now able to spread very quickly via email, via popular websites or even directly over the Internet. As a result, modern malware began to take shape.