Tahukah anda, bahwa UNIX (leluhur dari sistem operasi Linux) adalah sebuah komputer virus yang pertama dibuat? Tidak percaya? Baca saja buku UNIX Haters Handbook. Pastikan anda baca Bab 1 dan Bab 7.
The features of a good virus are:
- Small Size
- Portability
- Ability To Commandeer Resources of the Host
- Rapid Mutation
Unix possesses all the hallmarks of a highly successful virus. In its original incarnation, it was very small and had few features
Unix feeds off the energy of its host; without a system administrator baby-sitting Unix, it regularly panics, dumps core, and halts. Unix frequently mutates: kludges and fixes to make one version behave won't work on another version. If Andromeda Strain had been software, it would have been Unix.