How Computer Viruses Escaped the Lab and Changed the Internet Forever

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Experiments on the creation of computer viruses began as just some harmful fun, framed by curiosity. But once they escaped the lab, panic and chaos ensued.

Today we’ll tell you about Bell Laboratories — the cradle of computer viruses — and about the gladiatorial fights that took place between the first self-replicating programs.

You’ll learn about the Alvi brothers from Pakistan, who opened the digital Pandora’s box and started the first epidemic of computer viruses, as well as those who made a fortune off the back of their mistake.

You’ll find out who released the first network worm and which computer virus crossed the line between the digital and physical world.

Enjoy your immersion in the online jungle.

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Timecodes
00:00 Check out our prototype
00:57 The organization that conceived the present day… and viruses
02:07 “Darwin, a Game of Survival of the Fittest among Programs”
04:40 Core War and the emergence of hacker culture
05:50 The first person to see the dangerous potential of viruses
07:29 Useful information about special tools to confront the dangers of the internet
08:40 The authors of the first IBM PC
09:44 How the Brain virus worked
11:10 How could Brain cross the ocean and cause an epidemic without the Internet?
12:21 Why John McAfee is grateful to the creators of Brain
12:55 Why were computer viruses written in the 80s
14:07 The Morris worm is born 
17:30 CIH virus— the bringer of death
18:43 How did CIH conquer the world: A chronology
20:20 How does CIH work on our prototype
21:30 The main change in computer viruses through the years .