I got curious — how did people even catch viruses on their computers? Was it something a friend sent? Or maybe they downloaded a cracked game or some shady program? Share your stories — would be interesting to read.
I got curious — how did people even catch viruses on their computers? Was it something a friend sent? Or maybe they downloaded a cracked game or some shady program? Share your stories — would be interesting to read.
Before everyone had Internet at home? Well, there were bulletin boards, but even without those? Yeah, swapping floppies was how they got around. I got hit a few times as a teen, but the worst one actually came from a legitimate copy of a game I bought secondhand. It got into the boot sector and I had to nuke the HDD from orbit to get rid of that one. I’m just glad that software BIOS updates weren’t a thing yet.