The History of Computer Viruses & Malware
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Named after a character from “Scooby-Doo,” the Creeper was originally intended as a security test for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET), the precursor of the modern Internet we know, love, and sometimes hate. As a security test, the Creeper’s effects on infected machines were minimal.
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