Questions tagged [malware]

This tag is intended for older, vintage Malware (malicious software), a type of program designed to access a computer system without the owner's informed consent, usually for reasons of data theft or other destructive purposes.

This tag is intended for older, vintage Malware (malicious software), a type of program designed to access a computer system without the owner's informed consent, usually for reasons of data theft or other destructive purposes.

Malware can include (but is not limited to) computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, dishonest adware, scareware, crimeware, most rootkits, and other malicious programs.

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What was the first intentional malware that got spread over multiple machines?

I would like to know which program can be seen as the first malware. To define the term "malware" in this question, I would suggest those criteria, but you may modify them if you feel the need: real program, not just fiction written intentionally…
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