If you want a computer virus, just put together a programmer who wants to vandalize, a little programming knowledge, some computers for the virus to spread to, and some people to see the results. Until the late 1970s, the first two items were available in relative abundance. Computers had already been a Big Deal for more than two decades, and the latent human drive to create mischief (or worse) was similarly well established. To continue the analogy, we had the taggers, and the spray paint. By 1980, the wall, and the people to see the results, were not far behind.
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