Virus !: The Secret World of Computer Invaders That Breed and Destroy [Paperback]

Allan Lundell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Contemporary Books (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809244373
• ISBN-13: 978-0809244379
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,638,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A good history of Virus Development, May 24, 2000

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This review is from: Virus !: The Secret World of Computer Invaders That Breed and Destroy (Paperback)

While this book is now seriously showing its age, it contains a large amount of information about the development of virus technology.

For anybody interested in learning on the origin's of viri then this is a good starting point.

3.0 out of 5 stars Historically Interesting, December 2, 2006

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M. Moffatt (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virus !: The Secret World of Computer Invaders That Breed and Destroy (Paperback)

Published in 1989, this book is seriously showing its age. But never-the-less the interviews with early virus hunters (i.e. John McAfee, who at the time was driving around in an old camper van that had been converted into a traveling viral laboratory) and virus writers (i.e. Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, the two Pakistani brothers that created the Pakistani Brain virus) are insightful and historical.

An interesting appendix covers the Morris Worm (also known as the Internet Worm) in some detail.