In 1983, the term "computer virus" was coined by Fred Cohen in one of the first ever published academic papers on computer viruses. The first known that appeared "in the wild" was " Elk Cloner", in 1981, which infected Apple II computers. The Creeper virus was followed by several other viruses. Some people consider "The Reaper" the first antivirus software ever written – it may be the case, but it is important to note that the Reaper was actually a virus itself specifically designed to remove the Creeper virus. The Creeper virus was eventually deleted by a program created by Ray Tomlinson and known as " The Reaper". This computer virus infected Digital Equipment Corporation's ( DEC) PDP-10 mainframe computers running the TENEX operating system. See also: Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms 1949–1980 period (pre-antivirus days) Īlthough the roots of the computer virus date back as early as 1949, when the Hungarian scientist John von Neumann published the "Theory of self-reproducing automata", the first known computer virus appeared in 1971 and was dubbed the " Creeper virus". Security information and event management (SIEM).
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