Virus Barely Causes Sniffle in Computers
Published: March 7, 1992
In contrast to the panic caused by warnings of its existence, the advent of the Michelangelo computer virus caused barely a sneeze among the millions of personal computers worldwide.
At most there were only scattered reports of the virus destroying computer data in some systems in the United States and abroad. The worst effects appeared to have been in South Africa, where about 750 computers used by pharmacists were struck.