论文标题
具有个性的程序：第一个个人计算机病毒的Elk Cloner分析
The Program with a Personality: Analysis of Elk Cloner, the First Personal Computer Virus
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论文摘要
尽管自1960年代和70年代以来就已经存在自我复制的程序和病毒，但Elk Cloner是第一个在野外个人计算机中循环的病毒。尽管它具有历史意义，但它在1982年首次出现时就受到了相对较少的关注。在本文中，我们：对Elk Cloner的操作和结构进行了首次详细检查；讨论环境特征对其毒力的影响；并提供了一些关于为什么在1980年代初在很大程度上被忽略的几个假设的证据。
Although self-replicating programs and viruses have existed since the 1960s and 70s, Elk Cloner was the first virus to circulate among personal computers in the wild. Despite its historical significance, it received comparatively little attention when it first appeared in 1982. In this paper, we: present the first detailed examination of the operation and structure of Elk Cloner; discuss the effect of environmental characteristics on its virulence; and provide supporting evidence for several hypotheses about why its release was largely ignored in the early 1980s.
