Antenna (BBC 1989) Computer Viruses & Hacking

[8BitMicro]

Instead of viruses which take over and slow down our computers, these days we are virtually forced to purchase anti-virus software which slows down the computer and causes more crashes than the original (and freely obtainable) virus infection might have!

Such naivety; (almost scaremongering) talking about the computer infection in medical terminology.

[petetaylor147]

Ahhh... Another return to a simpler time. Being able to track viruses so easily; "I got the disc from Bob, who got it from Joe..."

I love the patronising terminology - "vaccines", "bugs" - even talking to a Microbiologist comparing a computer virus to a biological virus!

Another fascinating historical piece. Thanks for posting.