The Internet may be 40 years old, but one of the most infamous aspects of both the Web and personal computing in general is quite a bit younger. It was 26 years ago when the first known proof of concept code for a computer virus was demonstrated in a public venue, following up on theories and other attempts to produce self-replicating code. The first official "virus" was born then, giving way to a fundamental change in computer security.

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And the anti-virus scanner turns 26 today as well.

Huh... 26 years old. Just like me! Congrats viruses.
I wonder if there's a connection...

Ah... memories

Hmm older than me

I'm 5 years younger than a virus? It's nice to be young ^_^

WTF!?

Wikipedia: "The Creeper worm was an experimental self-replicating program written by Bob Thomas at BBN in 1971.[1] It is generally accepted to be the first computer virus."

Is there any reason an anti-virus company wouldn't want to make viruses that only their software can catch? It wouldn't be that hard to hide the source.

this computer headache(virus) is older than me