The First Amiga Virus - Something Wonderful Has Happened
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In 1987 C64 and Amiga Cracking and Scene group SCA (Swiss Cracking Association) would release the first ever Amiga home computer virus after being challenged to see if it were even possible. It's impact on the Amiga and home computers had wide ramifications. In today's episode we take a close look at SCA and how the virus became a part of scene and Amiga history.
Sources :
► https://www.sca.ch/documents/
► https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=1501
► https://vintagecomputing.ch/?browseid=1481
► https://archive.org/details/1988-03-compute-magazine/page/48/mode/2up?view=theater
► https://gotpapers.scene.org/?p=2762
► https://www.vht-dk.dk/amiga/desc/txt/sca.htm
► https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
► https://ia600207.us.archive.org/28/items/cuamiga-magazine-019/CUAmiga_019_Sep_1991.pdf
► https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/a-brief-history-of-computer-viruses-and-what-the-future-holds?srsltid=AfmBOopj1MZdd12heWoxSDbA6BjCB5ABeFAQnEdptKyfs0zj1tqCvDqj
► https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=11036
► https://web.archive.org/web/20081214072232/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,968490,00.html
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Music Credits:
► Marshes | Agony [Amiga] | Original Soundtrack - Martin Iveson, Robert Ling, Martin Wall, Alister Brimble, Matthew Simmons
► Loading: The Forest | Agony [Amiga] | Original Soundtrack - Martin Iveson, Robert Ling, Martin Wall, Alister Brimble, Matthew Simmons
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:21 - Sponsor
00:03:56 - Origins of the first PC Virus
00:06:12 - How the SCA Virus works
00:09:26 - Fallout from the Virus
00:14:37 - SCA Today
00:16:26 - Conclusion
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