The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management

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6. Protect All Systems and Networks from Malicious Software

Arthur B. Cooper Jr.¹  , Jeff Hall², David Mundhenk³ and Ben Rothke⁴

(1)

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

(2)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(3)

Austin, TX, USA

(4)

Clifton, NJ, USA

 

Overview

When the Brain virus was released in 1986, it was the first virus to attack IBM-based personal computers. It was easy to track down the two brothers who wrote it, as the virus code had their names and contact information in it: Amjad and Basit Alvi of Lahore, Pakistan.

As one of the first PC viruses, Brain was not destructive. That ...