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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: When did computer viruses really start?
Message-ID: <1683@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 89 23:11:30 GMT
References: <2479@kalliope.rice.edu> <Jan.25.13.21.37.1989.283@ron.rutgers.edu> <440@ispi.UUCP>
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In article <440@ispi.UUCP>, jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
> In article <14039@cup.portal.com> R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes:
> >Well I remember reading a science fiction story when I was in High School
> >(before 1975) that used the term "Virus" to talk about this kind of program.
> 
> 	The book is called:
> 		The Adolesence of P-1

With that date, a more likely candidate is John Brunner's "Shockwave Rider".

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