A Historic Timeline of Computer Viruses
1945 A moth trapped between relays in a Naval computer was discovered to be the cause of the computer0s problems. The naval commander then coined the terms 0bug0, to refer to problems with electrical devices and 0debugging0 to describe efforts to fix computer problems.
1949 A Hungarian scientist developed the theory of self-replicating programs.
1950-1970 A variety of electrical and computer related complications lead to the development of current viruses, including the unlawful tapping of telephone 0blue boxes0 to intercept calls and telephone numbers..
Also during this time a computer 0worm0 was designed by Xerox Palo Alto Research Center to search for systems that are not functioning. Designed to create more efficient computer processing and use, the 0worm0 became the ancestor to the current generation of destructive computer viruses.
1983 One of the most famous instances of computer hacking, young computer hackers broke into United States government computer systems with an Apple computer and modem.
That same year, a University of Southern California Ph.D candidate named a computer program that affects other programs by changing itself or the host program in some way as a 0computer virus.0
1986 The beginning of modern day world wide infections by computer viruses.
Examples include: Programmers […]

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