COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS
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David L. Smith
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Fred Cohen
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Robert Tappan Morris
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Frederick B. Cohen (born 1956) is an American computer scientist and best known as the inventor of computer virus defense techniques. He gave the definition of “computer virus".
Detailed explanation-2: -The term computer virus, coined by Fred Cohen in 1985, is a misnomer.
Detailed explanation-3: -1981-The “Elk Cloner” for the Apple II Systems was created by Richard Skrenta. It infected the Apple DOS 3.3 and spread to other computers by floppy disk transfer. The “Elk Virus” was responsible for being the first computer virus to cause a massive outbreak ever in history.
Detailed explanation-4: -Creeper virus is a computer virus that is most commonly recognized as the first computer virus. In 1971, Bob Thomas at BBN created Creeper as an experimental self-duplicating program that was intended not to inflict damage on, but to illustrate a mobile application.