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title: "which was the first internet virus?"  
description: "which was the first internet virus?"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2017-12-06  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31433/which-was-the-first-internet-virus  
category: "general knowledge"  
tags: ["internet", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# which was the first internet virus?

which was the first [internet](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44099/best-internet-hobby) virus?

## Answers

### Answer by akriti kashyap

## Creeper!

![which was the first internet virus?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5bda9f74-cfd2-41fe-96ff-8fb60f9935ec/images/35fb5dd3-ad10-446b-9a2c-825928af2b52.png)Creeper was an experimental computer program written by **Bob Thomas at BBN in 1971**.**Reaper** was a similar program created by **Ray Tomlinson** to move across the ARPANET and delete the self-replicating Creeper.\
The *Creeper virus was first detected on ARPANET*, the forerunner of the Internet, in the early 1970s. Creeper was an experimental self-replicating program written by Bob Thomas at BBN Technologies in 1971. Creeper used the ARPANET to infect DEC PDP-10 computers running the TENEX operating system. Creeper gained access via the ARPANET and copied itself to the remote system where the message, "**I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!**" was displayed.\

*Well, the first virus to corrupt our system...*

*Great coding for making the system hang on for a some time... Thus, demolishing the work running currently...\*

**All The Best!**\
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