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by seob 3346 days ago
> Does anyone know if anyone has ever made a virus who's only purpose is to remove other malware?

The first computer virus was an experimental self-replicating program called Creeper.

And the second computer virus was Reaper, a similar program created for the sole purpose of deleting Creeper.

http://corewar.co.uk/creeper.htm