Computer virus/Talk

I think the term Computer Virus originated much earlier than 1985. My high school maths teacher explained the concept to me and used the term in 1979 or 1980. I got the impression it was not exactly a new thing then, although the actual number of viruses that had spread in the wild at that early date must have been very small.

Taw, your contribution is lame. The early days of DOS would be the 1950s, on IBM mainframes, and that was before there were any known viruses. I also don't think the bit about languages that viruses are written in is very useful; at best it's an overgeneralization. However, instead of just deleting your text, like you do to other people, I'll leave it up to you to fix your own text. Have a nice day, and remember, Wikipedia is a community. GregLindahl

You seem to be confused by fact that there was more than one operating system called DOS. They had little to do with each other. Anyway, here is a fix. --Taw

No, I am not confused at all; I am aware of quite a few OSes called DOS. Thanks for fixing that one bit, but maybe you could address my other criticisms? GregLindahl

Well, I can't help with 'lameness' of my contribution. --Taw

Perhaps an extra paragraph should be added to make the distinction between viruses and worms distinct while also clarifying that the two concepts are often conflated in general use. -- Taral