Friday, July 13th, 2007

25 Years Of Computer Viruses

We'll look back on twenty-five years of computer viruses. In 1982, "Elk Cloner," the first known computer virus to spread in the wild, made its way from one Apple II computer to another, producing annoying poetry as it spread. We'll talk with computer security researcher Richard Ford about the history of computer viruses, and why it's been so hard to lock down systems against virus attacks.

Guests

Richard Ford
Director, Center for Security Science
Associate Professor, Computer Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

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Segment produced by:Charles Bergquist

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