question about viruses

From: Ward D. Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Feb 17 15:14:04 1999

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Charles Oblender wrote:

> Could any one point me to a source for the history of viruses and
> computer worms. I'm doing a recearch paper and I'm looking for sources.

Well, the origin of the words themselves applying to computers is the
novel _The Shockwave Rider_ by the late John Brunner. Highly
recommended, though somewhat dated technically now (unavoidable in any
writing about computers set decades in the future -- and this novel
was published in 1975).

Other than that, you might try digging through the web pages of some
of the anti-virus product vendors.
--
Ward Griffiths
"the timid die just like the daring; and if you don't take the plunge then 
you'll just take the fall"                                Michael Longcor
Received on Wed Feb 17 1999 - 15:14:04 GMT

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