Internet archive (archive.org) this is one of those places on the net, which is worth knowing, and is worth a look. This "archive" of our digital culture (and not only), in which millions of books are, photos and video materials, dealing with very diverse topics. For several days in this site is a virtual museum malware.
Museum of malware now contains several dozen items, representing the most interesting examples of malware (mainly viruses), from the 80s and 90s of the last century. Consequently, this pests, which were created for MS-DOS, and then showed that the huge creativity of its authors.
Interestingly, Each of the available virus can be run with the help of DOSBox, as well as learn their full code. Do not worry, Both of these actions are a hundred percent safe. First of all, because the viruses have already become obsolete, and secondly, they run on a virtual machine.
Of course, This collection is only a small part of the huge diversity of viruses, which in the previous millennium sow chaos among computers. The first of its kind software, Brain appeared in 1986 year, and 2000 Sophos is known for more than 50 000 viruses. However, This collection is very representative.
