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BBC Article
The 20th anniversary of the first PC virus falls this month.
It was during the opening weeks of 1986 that the first PC virus, called Brain, was discovered in the wild.
Though it achieved fame because it was the first of its type, the virus was not widespread as it could only travel by hitching a ride on floppy disks swapped between users.
Now 20 years after they first appeared there are more than 150,000 malicious programs in existence.
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The first virus I personally remember (and was infected with) was the
stoned (aka marijuana) virus which was also a boot sector virus.
I got it on my 80286 based PC in the late 80's and it would display the message "Your PC is now stoned! LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!"
it was soon after that, that I started using virus protection and have never been infected since!
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Posted: 2006-01-24 13:12:04
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what virus protection do you use/ do you think is best?
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Posted: 2006-01-24 13:48:47
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I used to use mcaffee but haven't looked back since I started using Norton Internet Security a few years ago
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Posted: 2006-01-24 13:53:33
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i was using norton but i had to renew the fees tha other day and found out i got a free ntl one with my broadband so im trying it oout for a bit... i like norton just didnt like how much it affected my systems performance...
Cheers for letting me know tho
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Posted: 2006-01-24 13:58:35
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On 2006-01-24 13:12:04, masseur wrote:
I got it on my 80286 based PC in the late 80's and it would display the message "Your PC is now stoned! LEGALIZE MARIJUANA!"
haha classic
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Posted: 2006-01-24 14:16:47
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