Elk Cloner

The Elk Cloner was the first "in the wild" virus created in around 1982 by 15-year-old Rich Skrenta. The virus shows a poem that reads:

"Elk Cloner: The program with a personality

It will get on all your disks

It will infiltrate your chips

Yes, it's Cloner!

It will stick to you like glue

It will modify RAM too

Send in the Cloner!"

Elk Cloner did not cause deliberate harm.