Brain.A, the Morris worm and early computing · Proposed air date:
Twenty years after the first PC virus, Dr. Dave traces the change from floppy disk boot infections to the Morris worm disrupting the still academic and defense oriented Internet. Evil Steve’s recollection that regular computer use did not become part of his life until the early 1990s makes the rapid technical history personal.
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Proposed recording date: 2006-01-21. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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