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Comment The Simpsons have already done it (Score 2) 39

Nice trip down the memory lane. MkS_Vir, developed by the late Marek Sell, used to be the de facto standard antivirus software used in Poland for many years in the DOS days. I'm not sure if it's been ever exported anywhere outside Poland. So MkS_Vir contained a collection of amusing neutered virus demos the user could play from the UI. I recall many of the ones on display in the Malware Museum. MkS_Vir has had this built-in collection since at least 1993 and it kept growing. It also contained technical descriptions of some of the clever viruses' method of operation... and even a "catalog" of viruses found in Poland. You used to get monthly updates sent to you on floppies to your mailbox (the metal thing with a flap). Nobody used the term "malware" back then, and these viruses were written by well-versed Assembly programmers, mostly for fun, unlike today when it's mostly for profit, political or monetary.

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