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Did you know? The first "computer virus" wasn't malicious: in 1971 BBN researchers made "Creeper", which only displayed "I'M THE CREEPER, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" on screen. A colleague then wrote "Reaper" to clean up Creeper — the world's first antivirus. Both ran on ARPANET.

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The first "computer virus" wasn't malicious: in 1971 BBN researchers made "Creeper", which only displayed "I'M THE CREEPER, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" on screen. A colleague then wrote "Reaper" to clean up Creeper — the world's first antivirus. Both ran on ARPANET.

De eerste "computer-virus" was niet kwaadaardig: in 1971 maakten BBN-onderzoekers "Creeper", dat alleen "I'M THE CREEPER, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!" op het scherm liet verschijnen. Een collega schreef daarna "Reaper" om Creeper op te ruimen — 's werelds eerste antivirus. Beide draaiden op ARPANET.

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