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What is the name of the very first computer virus in the world?

Creeper

Background

The first computer virus was called Creeper and appeared back in 1971. It only showed a harmless sentence on the screen. Shortly after, someone wrote the first antivirus program called Reaper. Ever since, the race between attack and defense has been on.

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