Winvir DISCOVERED_BY Mikko Hyppönen
Mikko says he and a coder named Ismo found what they determined was the first Windows virus and named it Winvir.
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“me and Ismo, one of our coders at the time, spent a couple of days trying to figure out this sample.”
“It turned out to be the very first Windows virus in history. Well, we named it.”