Twenty five and counting
The journal Science is taking note of the 25th anniversary of the first documented computer virus. Science says the Elk Cloner virus, written by a Pittsburg high school student spread through Apple II systems through infected floppy disks. Today, malicious code is a problem more associated with Windows while Apple machines remain, for all intents and purposes, walled off from viruses and worms. Tom Merritt, executive editor of CNET and co-host of CNET's Buzz Out Loud podcast discusses how today's malware makes early versions of viruses seem rather quaint.
