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The word as virus is derived from and used in the same sense as the biological equivalent.
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The term "virus" is often used in common parlance to describe all kinds of malware,
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including those more that are more properly classified as worms or Trojans. Most popular
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anti-virus software packages defend against all of these types of attack. In some technical
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communities, the term "virus" is also extended so to include the authors of malware, in an
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insulting sense. The English plural of "virus" is "viruses". Some people use "virii" or "viri"
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as a plural, but this is rare. For a discussion about whether "viri" and "virii" are to correct
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alternatives of "viruses", see plural of virus. The term "virus" was up first used in an
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academic publication it by Fred Cohen in his 1984 paper “Experiments with Computer
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Viruses”, where he credits Len Adleman with coining it. However, a 1972 science fiction
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novel by David Gerrold, “When H.A.R.L.I.E. Was One”, includes a description of a too
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fictional computer program called "VIRUS" that worked just like a virus (and was that
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countered by a program called "VACCINE"). The term "computer virus" with current
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usage also was appears in the comic book “Uncanny X-Men”, written by Chris Claremont
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and published in 1982. Therefore, although Cohen's use of "virus" may, perhaps, have been
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the first, it seems difficult to trace of the term “virus”.
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