Concept Virus

The name Concept virus refers to two different pieces of computer malware, each of which has acted as a proof of concept for a new method of propagation:

  • WM.Concept (1995), the first macro virus to spread through Microsoft Word (though not the first macro virus per-se)
  • Nimda (2001), named Concept Virus by its author, one of the first multi-vector Windows viruses.

Famous quotes containing the words concept and/or virus:

    I was thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we can just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we got something here.
    Michael Tolkin, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins)

    [If a woman athlete who had contracted the AIDS virus admitted that she] had been with one hundred or two hundred men, they’d call her a slut, and the corporations would drop her like a lead balloon.
    Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)