Article: Computer viruses turn 25

Article: Viruses' beginning innocuous
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Elk Cloner" -- self-replicating like all other viruses -- bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector" virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: Computer viruses turn 25
Oakland Tribune;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Elk Cloner" -- self-replicating like all other viruses -- bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector" virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: PC viruses began as a prank 25 years ago
Daily Breeze;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Elk Cloner" - self-replicating like all other viruses - bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector" virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: 25 years ago, joke began computer-virus era
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Elk Cloner" - self-replicating like all other viruses - bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector" virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: birth of the computer virus.(Business)
The Virginian Pilot;  September 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......done. Elk Cloner - self-replicating, like all other viruses - bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: 'A dumb little practical joke': First personal computer virus
Charleston Gazette;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Elk Cloner" - self-replicating like all other viruses - bears little resemblance to the malicious programs...boot sector" virus. When it boots, or starts up, an infected disk places a copy of the virus in the computer's memory...copy gets written onto that disk as well. The newly infected ...

Article: Computer viruses revisited. (Tech Talk)
Computer Shopper;  June 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......in the animal kingdom, viruses already carry a distinguished...New species of computer viruses have emerged--and flourished...Bulgaria--go figure. Viruses have few geographical...BESTIARY Historically, viruses have been bunched into...transmission method. Boot-sector viruses infect the ...

Article: Not all viruses are to be feared
Winnipeg Free Press;  March 17, 2007 ;     656 words ......organism on Earth is assaulted by hundreds of viruses constantly By Kevin M. Coombs MENTION...West Nile or hepatitis. Each of these viruses belongs to separate families. There are...with more than 5,000 different known viruses. We interact with billions of viruses...

Article: Science: Don't fear your inner alien; According to a controversial new theory, viruses may have infected our DNA. But far from being harmful, they could have actually helped us along our evolutionary way, writes Sanjida O'Connell.(Features)
The Independent (London, England);  March 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......legacy of hundreds, if not thousands of viruses that have infiltrated our genes. According to a controversial new theory, ancient viruses could have infected our DNA, but rather...California at Irvine, the genes from ancient viruses could have played a key role in helping...

Article: Viruses are still going around. (computer viruses)
Tape-Disc Business;  June 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......computer industry for a while, computer viruses are still around, and there are more of...damage the file allocation table and more, viruses now number well above the 2000 mark, and...continue to appear. There are just over 2500 viruses contained in the database maintained and...

Article: VIRUSES FOUND IN MADISON WELLS BUT THREAT TO HUMANS ISN'T CONSIDERED GREAT BECAUSE MADISON CHLORINATES ITS WATER.(FRONT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  October 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......rseely@madison.com 608-252-6131 Human viruses are probably present in most of Madison...Clinic. In that research, Borchardt found viruses in two of three wells he tested. But this...between September 2007 and September 2008. Viruses, including gastrointestinal and respiratory...

Article: Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses.
Science Letter;  October 12, 2004 ;     608 words ......electrically detect the presence of single viruses, in real time, with near-perfect selectivity...detectors can also differentiate among viruses with great precision, suggesting that...capable of sensing thousands of different viruses. The work was reported online September...

Article: Hidden world of viruses
New Straits Times;  October 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Straits Times 10-16-2001 Hidden world of viruses Byline: Compiled by Shareem Amry Edition...microorganisms, one type of which is the virus. Viruses take on a number of shapes and sizes and...from chicken pox to Ebola, mumps to AIDS. Viruses occupy a strange category: they aren't...

Article: Unmasked Traits Link Viruses From Common Cold to HIV.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......startling evidence that broad classes of viruses - including those that harbor the agents...half of virology, linking large groups of viruses long thought to be functionally and evolutionarily...study, says the new results show that the viruses that cause ailments as distinct as the...