Friday 1 June 2012

QR–Cure–Quizzing Realms–361

Straightforward, but may not be all that simple.

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The photo above is a message generated due to the running of which computer program, and what is its significance in the history of computer software? Yes, I want both answers.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Eight reply, and all on the correct lines. This is indeed the Elk Cloner, the first virus ever to attack home or personal computers. It was designed to affect only Apple’s Macintosh systems.

8 comments:

  1. elk cloner ...first widespread microcomputer virus

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  2. Elk Cloner, one of the first known microcomputer viruses which was written for Apple II systems!!

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  3. Elk Cloner.
    Was it the 1st widespread virus?

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  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Cloner

    http://virus.wikia.com/wiki/Elk_Cloner

    (Found through images.google.com)

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  5. whenever a floppy disk is inserted
    significance: first self-generating virus

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