While the first malicious viruses emerged in the 1980s, hundreds have surfaced since. “Reaper”, considered the first ever anti-virus software, was created to fight it. It made its way around the Internet carrying the message: “I’m the Creeper, catch me if you can”. Though engineer Bob Thomas created it without malicious intent, it attacked the Tenex operating system used on computers in the US for teaching and research. The first known virus, named “Creeper”, occurred in 1972.
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