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Episode 169 - Dellinger's Viruses

Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas

Oct 26, 202526:10Society & Culture

In 1981 Joe Dellinger attempted to create the perfect computer program: a virus that spread silently. In 1982 a revision of that virus broke containment. It would have remained completely hidden if it wasn't for an obscu...

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Episode 169 - Dellinger's Viruses is an episode from Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas. In 1981 Joe Dellinger attempted to create the perfect computer program: a virus that spread silently. In 1982 a revision of that virus broke containmen...

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