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# [Brain.A turns 40 🥳 - A Bedtime Story](https://yuridevat.hashnode.dev/braina-turns-40-a-bedtime-story?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In January 1986, the Brain virus spread via floppy disks and became the first widely known IBM PC virus. Forty years later, its story still feels strangely

Feb 12 · 5 min read · yuridevat.hashnode.dev  
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