What is the name of the first computer virus, that affected ARPANET?

Q. What is the name of the first computer virus, that affected ARPANET?
Answer: Creeper
Notes: Creeper is the first network computer virus, which infected Arpanet in 1971. Bob Thomas created Creeper as an experimental self-duplicating program that was intended not to inflict damage on, but to illustrate a mobile application.

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