On This Day January 30 1982 - The First PC Virus Was Written by a 15 Year Old Student in Pennsylvania

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On This Day January 30 1982 - The First PC Virus Was Written by a 15 Year Old Student in Pennsylvania.

On this day January 30 1982, the first known personal computer virus was written by 15 year old Richard Skrenta from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Created as a harmless experiment, the program spread through floppy disks and displayed a simple message after a certain number of uses, marking the earliest known example of self replicating software on personal computers.

The event became a landmark moment in computer history, foreshadowing the rise of computer security challenges that would grow...
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