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Post-Tribune (IN);  September 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Calif.(PHOTO) (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) What began as a ninth ... most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world ... that) I've done." "Elk Cloner" -- self-replicating ... viruses over the last 25 years Elk Cloner, 1982: Regarded as the ...

Article: birth of the computer virus.(Business)
The Virginian Pilot;  September 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... goes here ... By Anick Jesdanun The Associated Press NEW YORK What began as a ninth-grade ... remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world. "It was some ... placeholder for (all that) I've done." Elk Cloner - self-replicating, like all other ...

Article: PC viruses began as a prank 25 years ago
Daily Breeze;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...By Anick Jesdanun THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - What began as a ninth ... remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world. "It was ... all that) I've done." "Elk Cloner" - self-replicating like all ...

Article: 25 years ago, joke began computer-virus era
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... programs, he still is remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world. "It was some dumb little practical ... s an odd placeholder for (all that) I've done." "Elk Cloner" - self-replicating like all other viruses - bears little ...

Article: Viruses' beginning innocuous
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... programs, he is still remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world. "It was some dumb little practical ... s an odd placeholder for (all that) I've done." "Elk Cloner" -- self-replicating like all other viruses -- bears ...

Article: Computer viruses turn 25
Oakland Tribune;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... programs, he is still remembered most for unleashing the "Elk Cloner" virus on the world. "It was some dumb little practical ... s an odd placeholder for (all that) I've done." "Elk Cloner" -- self-replicating like all other viruses -- bears ...

Article: Monday, August 31
AP Worldstream;  August 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... gunmen grabbed the national art treasures in front of stunned visitors at an Oslo museum. 2007 - The 25th Anniversary of Elk Cloner , regarded as the first virus to hit personal computers worldwide. 2008 _ Practitioners of the ancient Greek religion gather ...