Nemo Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Floating around in the vast universe that is YouTube is an interview with an unsung pioneer of the digital age. The chat, on a programme called ‘Morning with Farah’, was first aired on Pakistani channel ATV (it’s not clear when, though the video was uploaded in June 2008). A thin, balding man sits dressed unremarkably in a dark suit and tie. “You fixed America!” Farah tells him. “They always claimed to be the biggest protectors of copyright. You showed them up to be the biggest violators.” The man smiles. “Definitely.” It was 25 years ago that this balding man, Amjad Farooq Alvi, then 24, and his brother Basat, 17, both based, of all places, in the unlikely tech hub of Lahore, created the first virus to hit the personal computer. Called © Brain, it spread like wildfire, igniting an inglorious era of crashing computers, lost data, millions of frustrated and bewildered computer users, and, of course, the $16.5-billion computer security industry. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/first-ever-pc-virus-was-created-in-pakistan/articleshow/7330707.cms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As i was going through ET, this caught my attention. Whoa ! the first ever virus, made in pakistan of all places. Never knew that, went for authentication and yup.. wiki ascertains it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_%28computer_virus%29 sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagWarriorZergey Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 dat is just schweeeeet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Bhola Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 or abhi tak hamada beda garak kar rahe hai..... anyways even viruses should enjoy there silver jubly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 pakistani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nimmo is a virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmage Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Man, thats older than most of the folks here :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sameuun Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Man, thats older than most of the folks here :| are here any unklezz around? ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Man, thats older than most of the folks here :| Barring all the married folks. That includes you and gramps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 ^^ There are lots and lots more - many with the power of banhammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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