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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Though this work began in the 1940s, it, along with his other work in the field of self-replication, was eventually compiled and distributed via the 1966 paper “Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata.”. Named after a character from “Scooby-Doo,” the Creeper was originally intended as a security test for the U.S. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!