Discovered in 1986, the first PC viruses contained references of its authors in Pakistan. 25 years later, in February, Mikko Hypponen, Manager of Research Laboratories of F-Secure, he went to Lahore to meet them. The creators of the virus are the brothers Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi Farooq Alvi today, along with third brother Shahid Farooq Alvi, lead a successful Internet Service Provider, called the videointerview Brain Telecommunication Ltd Brain - Searching for the Virus is the first PC title of the video reportage of the journey, lasting 10 minutes, made by F-Secure.
This is the first video interview by Farooq Alvi Brothers to talk about the virus that has spread worldwide through the floppy disk. In the movie, Amjad and Basit reveal that Brain was not initially conceived as a destructive virus, which is why they even added their phone numbers in the code.
"It 'was amazing. I went to Pakistan at the address indicated in the code of the virus, I knocked on the door and opened the door were just the two brothers who created 25 years ago Brain!" Said Mikko Hypponen. "When Amjad Basit and created the virus in 1986, the world was very different from today.
Alvi brothers did not have bad intentions while achieving what would become in effect the first PC virus. I think this video documents an important part of computing history. " Brain - Searching For The First PC Virus is seen at this address. The site also contains more information about the Brain virus and the making of the video. 
This is the first video interview by Farooq Alvi Brothers to talk about the virus that has spread worldwide through the floppy disk. In the movie, Amjad and Basit reveal that Brain was not initially conceived as a destructive virus, which is why they even added their phone numbers in the code.
"It 'was amazing. I went to Pakistan at the address indicated in the code of the virus, I knocked on the door and opened the door were just the two brothers who created 25 years ago Brain!" Said Mikko Hypponen. "When Amjad Basit and created the virus in 1986, the world was very different from today.
Alvi brothers did not have bad intentions while achieving what would become in effect the first PC virus. I think this video documents an important part of computing history. " Brain - Searching For The First PC Virus is seen at this address. The site also contains more information about the Brain virus and the making of the video.
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