Software Maker Aldus Finds Second Computer `Virus'; Infected Programs Weren't Sold to Public

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 22, 1988 | Copyright information

A computer "virus" has been found in programs at software manufacturer Aldus Corp. for the second time in eight months, but officials said today the infection had not spread to programs for sale to the public.

The company said that despite precautions taken after a virus was discovered in its FreeHand drawing program in March, a new virus turned up in an updated version of FreeHand.

An entire computer network within Aldus' headquarters has been infected, the company said.

Viruses are small computer programs, created by programmers as jokes or acts of vandalism, which secretly attach ...

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