Хабаровск) HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER VIRUSES Данная статья посвящена истории появления и развития компьютерных вирусов, рассматриваются основные этапы становления вредоносных программ, от методов создания самовоспроизводящихся механизмов, заложенных Джоном фон Нейманом, до сложнейших программ, способных навредить миллионам пользователей. <...> Свободное распространение информации, послужило толчком к развитию вирусных программ и поставило под угрозу личную информацию пользователей, сделав персональные данные – уязвимыми. <...> Изучение этапов появления компьютерных вирусов, может предотвратить распространение вирусных программ на мобильные устройства. <...> Сейчас, когда у каждого второго человека есть смартфон, очень важно сохранить безопасность личных данных и сохранить нервные клетки пользователя… The biggest and dangerousм enemy of any modern computer are viruses. <...> Today the science knows about 30 thousand computer viruses, from creation mathematical theory on creation of selfreplicating algorithms and finishing the most difficult programs capable for some seconds to infect thousands computers. <...> Main stages of development of computer viruses. 1) 1949 can be considered as the beginning of history of computer viruses. <...> Scientist John background Neumann, the Hungarian by origin, working in one of universities, developed the mathematical theory on creation of self-replicating algorithms. <...> Results of its researches were published in several specialized magazines. 2) 1975. <...> This year can be considered as date of birth of anti-virus programs. <...> Everything began with emergence of the first network virus The Creeper using Telenet. <...> Danger of distribution of this infection was rather great and therefore for protection the special The Reeper program was written. <...> From this point a peculiar race of arms between viruses and antiviruses began. 4) Beginning of the 80th. <...> However they work only at Apple computers. <...> By the way, for their distribution one of the most popular ways – piracy games for the first time was used 5) 1986. <...> The virus for IBM PC The Brain is created. <...> Two brothers programmers from Pakistan wrote the program which had to punish the local pirates stealing ON from their firm. <...> In the program names, the address and phones of brothers appeared. <...> However unexpectedly for all The Brain overstepped the bounds of Pakistan <...>