The First PC Virus Is 37 Years Old

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The world’s first personal computer virus appeared in January,1986.

The bug, known as Brain, destroyed memory and slowed the hard drive.

The virus was created by two brothers from Pakistan.

They wanted to prevent customers from circulating illegal copies of the software they had written.

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bug: (informal) a virus.
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