World’s First Computer Virus :
It is said that talent has no boundaries and if a person has the ability he may
succeed even in the constricted circumstances.
The above line could be justified when we take a look at the history of computer
virus. The first ever computer virus was developed in 1986 by two Pakistani brothers in Lahore
Pakistan.
The first computer virus named “Brain” was designed by Amjad Farooq Alvi and Basit
Farooq Alvi with the intention of detering the piracy of a software written by them.
“Brain virus” was not destructive and used to test the replication attributes of
DOS. Brain had the function to replicate itself within the disks inserted inside a brain hit
computer.
Both the genius brothers are entrepreneurs and are currently operating a company
named“Brain Pvt Limited” that provides ISP, IPTV, Telephony and various other services to the
potential customers.
The interesting fact remains that the location of the “Brain Pvt Limited” is
exactly the same where the virus was first developed. It is quite surprising that these two
brothers were so brave that they even mentioned the original address on the computer virus. The
following lines were found written as a part of the entire virus structure
“Welcome to the Dungeon
(c) 1986 Basit & Amjad (pvt) Ltd.
BRAIN COMPUTER SERVICES
730 NIZAM BLOCK ALLAMA IQBAL TOWN
LAHORE-PAKISTAN PHONE :430791,443248,280530.
Beware of this VIRUS….
Contact us for vaccination………… $#@%$@!!”
At the 25th Anniversary of Brain virus Mikko Hypponen the Chief Research Officer
at F-Secure visited Pakistan all the way from Germany to meet these two brothers who are now
corporate personalities.
In Pakistan “Brain Pvt Limited” has been in the limelight for offering free of
cost Internet on Dial Up Connections. Watch the video below to get aware of more facts about the
first ever computer virus
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1 comments:
That is quite brave that these two brother mentioned the address as well as the phone number.That is really interesting that Brain Pvt Limited is situated at the same where the virus was first developed.
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