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Malware Has Evolved

Like the poor in the famous Biblical verse, malware will always be with us. Here's a 33-year history from Elk Cloner to Cryptolocker. What will be next? Only six years after the first personal computer was introduced in 1975, the world was introduced to its first computer virus. Here’s a look back at the inception of malware.

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Malware Has Evolved