# History of computer virus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-computer-virus/610692>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 26, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-computer-virus/610692 "2012-01-26T08:08:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-computer-virus/610692/81 "2012-02-10T02:51:38Z")

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> [@Cazzle](#):
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> If you want to write a book that people will be interested in reading then you need to learn to focus on the details people want to know about and not harp on about minutiea that no one else is interested it. Forget proving you were the first to create a damage causing, memory resident, PC virus while wearing a red shirt, standing on one leg and humming the theme song to Gilligan’s Island, because that bit makes everyone’s eyes glaze over.

At the very least, stop trying to get people to jump through hoops. We are not so many dolphins trained for your\* amusement.  
\*That would be sbright33, not Cazzle.

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**Author:** ![sbright33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-computer-virus/610692/82 "2012-02-10T03:19:02Z")

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That’s not what I said at all. Nevermind. It’s fine if you don’t want to answer my question. It’s been 2 weeks and almost nobody has tried…

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