Question

The creeper virus was created in _________ by Bob Thomas.

• A. 1961
• B. 1969
• C. 1971
• D. 1978

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1971

• The Creeper program, often regarded as the first virus, was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas of BBN

• Creeper was a virus that was first detected on ARPANET.

• Elk Cloner is one of the first known microcomputer viruses, by 15-year-old student Rich Skrenta.

• Elk Cloner spread by infecting the Apple DOS 3.3 operating system using a technique now known as a boot sector virus