It was very popular, especially because of its peculiarity, which gave it its name, and as you will understand, it is related to the day we are living. Let’s get to know its entire history.
This was the Friday the 13th virus
We have to look back, and quite a bit, specifically until 1987, year in which this virus originated. Which is not only known as Friday the 13th, but also as Jerusalem.
And it is curious that it dates back so long, at a time when the few personal computers that existed were with the DOS operating system and without an internet connection, however, this virus did its thing.
This virus was prepared to infect both .COM and .EXE files, deleting the application once you ran it. The curious thing about the virus is that it only occurred on Friday the 13th, so you could have had it there for months and not have known about it. Once that date passed, although it did not act directly, it slowed down our computer.
Its developer was a Jew, to commemorate the creation of the state of Israel, which was on Friday, May 13, 1947.
You might wonder how it was distributed if there was hardly any internet in homes. Well, like a real virus, from person to person, through floppy disks, the medium used before to pass information, programs and other files.
And there were many companies involved, without being aware. For example, the magazine Amstrad User It distributed it among all its users, so half the country had the virus on their PC in a matter of days.
It was the moment in which, the first free Spanish antivirus landed, trying to avoid this type of situation among users. You will all know him by his other name, which he later joined, McAfee.
Later it started making money with its antivirus, so, Friday the 13th It was a great virus for them, since it helped them start a business, which, to this day, they continue to maintain.
It was not the most dangerous virus that has ever existed, but it was quite annoying. Think about the fact that now you are going to open your browser, and it will be uninstalled. It’s a pain, but you take it, go to Google and download it again, however, in those cases, people passed programs as if they were trading cards, and normally you didn’t have the installer on hand. So many of those .exes disappeared forever.
It was a very notorious virus, and one that almost 100% of the population at the time had to suffer from, however, it was so many years ago that most of you who are reading this, possibly, would not have even been born.
And you, did you at least know about it? Did you know that there was a virus with the name of the day we are experiencing today? Would you have liked to live that moment?
