Viruses
...n detail during the presentation and in the report especially the Brain virus) 1949 - John von Neumann publishes "Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata" a report which dealt with the subject of self reproducing code. 1960's - Bell Lab programmers H. Douglas McIlroy, Victor Vysottsky, and Robert Morris, create an after hours recreation game called "Core Wars" which experiments with code designed to reproduce and gain control of the computer's core memory. "Core Wars" concept becomes a popular pass time at several other industrial and academic research centers but remains a closely guarded secret. 1986 - University of Delaware comes under attack by both the Brain virus and the Scores virus. 1988 - Princeton University requests assistance to combat nVir virus, which was attacking their systems. Three hours later Stanford University reported a similar incident. One week later another nVir virus attack took place at Oulu University in Finland. March 1992 - Michelangelo virus is broadly publicized and overall the general public becomes more aware of the destructive potential of computer viruses. Taking the problem seriously (Cautions and Solutions) Ten years ago, it was difficult to get a virus throug...