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Brain: The first personal computer virus

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Anjad Faruk Alvi was one of the brains behind what he's thought to be the first personal computer virus. To understand how he became obsessed with computing, we need to go back to when he was growing up in Pakistan. Skipping school paid off as he went on to get a degree in maths and physics. He and his brothers set up their company in a shop in Lahore.

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