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This week marked the 25th anniversary of the Michelangelo virus. The boot sector virus was designed to trigger on 6 March 1992, on which date it would override all of the data on the infected machine’s hard drive. The Michelangelo virus – which was so named by researchers for the fact that 6 March was also the…

This week marked the 25th anniversary of the Michelangelo virus. The boot sector virus was designed to trigger on 6 March 1992, on which date it would override all of the data on the infected machine’s hard drive. The Michelangelo virus – which was so named by researchers for the fact that 6 March was also the…