The True Computer Parasite
Dr. Steven Furnell, Dr. Jeremy Ward,
2005-06-01
It is now twenty years since Fred Cohen published his seminal research paper suggesting the potential threat of computer viruses. [ref 1] In the years since this publication, the risk that Cohen described has unquestionably been borne out, and alongside hackers, the threat of the computer virus is the security issue that has most clearly permeated the public mind.