Wikipedia states: “The source code to the original nVIR has been made widely available, and so numerous variants have arisen. If MacInTalk is installed, the infected computer may occasionally say “Don’t Panic”.
After 1000 restarts, it will beep during 1 of 8 System launches, and infected programs will boot 1 of 4 times they are run. After infection, nVIR does a countdown upon reboot. It is spread by movng an infected program to another Mac by disk or network. It is not designed to cause damage, just to be a nuisance. 1987: Infects System 4.1 and higher as well as any open applications. nVIR A, B (AIDS, F**k, Hpat, Jude, kOOL, MEV#, nCam, nFlu, prod), Dec.This page lists Macintosh viruses by their date of origin. Not a lot, mind you, especially in comparison to the vastly more popular Microsoft Windows platform, but they did exist.
Yes, there were viruses for the Classic Mac operating system.
