question about viruses

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Thu Feb 18 01:31:22 1999

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Doug wrote:

> Here's a blurb from SciAm that traces computer viruses back to 1949:
> http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/computers/computers9.html

Ah yes, this article references Fred Cohen, who is the guy who's article I
first read about viruses back in 1986. He based his Ph.D. thesis on
computer viruses and developed a "rigourous mathematical definition" to
describe them.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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