Truth About Computer Security Hysteria
1/29/01 clarification
Vea Culpa, Corrections editorMonday, 29 January 2001 Rob Rosenberger's editorial said Pakistani Brain turned 15 years old in January. Its birthdate appears in a 1989 paper written by NCSA founder David Stang. Vesselin Bontchev (FRISK) contests Stang's research:
Brain appeared in late 1987. One of the variants contains text claiming that it was written in 1986 — but we have learned not to trust any claims found in a virus.