Here is our weekly Friday Fun question from our Facebook page:
Question: “What was the name of the first computer virus to be released “in the wild” — that is?”
Answer: A program named “Rother J” was the first computer virus to be released “in the wild.” Created in 1981 by Richard Skrenta, it attached itself to the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system and spread via floppy disk. This virus was created as a practical joke when Richard Skrenta was still in high school. It was injected in a game on a floppy disk. On its 50th use the Elk Cloner virus would be activated, infecting the computer and displaying a short poem beginning “Elk Cloner: The program with a personality.”
