Word: files
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stoll noted that the Cornell virus was the first true virus--a program with the ability to spread itself from computer to computer completely independently--ever released. Previous viruses depended on users taking certain steps, such as running a particular file or sending electronic mail, to allow them to spread. Morris' virus was programmed...
...infected host computer first sent a short message through "electronic mail" over the Internet to the target computer. By using a number of tricks, Morris' program made the target machine treat the message as a command program instead of ordinary mail, which the computer places into a file to be read by users if they wish. The message--now acting like a program--told each computer which received it to ask the host computer for the rest of the virus, according to Mckay Professor of Computer Science Mark Friedell...
...would "absolutely" challenge the election, asking for a revote. Although her campaign provided a litany of charges of improper voting procedures--from the disqualification of votes clearly meant for her to the inability of poll workers to explain the mechanics of her "sticker" campaign--Graham has yet to file any formal charges with the Cambridge Election Commission...
...Dean of Students' office and Vice DeanDavid Smith began investigating the incident lastWednesday. Students said that administrators couldnot identify the note's author after evaluatingLSAT writing samples and other availablehandwriting records on file. Wald could not bereached for comment...
...game--dubbed "MIAL" after one of the common spelling errors it exploited--sent the user on a series of adventures from which it was difficult to exit. Morris maintained a file which recorded the moves that players made when they entered the game...