The Hacker and the Ants

Rudy Rucker:
First Published: 1994
“Reads like a ripped-from-Reddit romp of white hat hacking, artificial intelligence run amok, and an unstoppable electronic bugs.”

A very modern nightmare: The most destructive computer virus ever has been traced to your machine. Computer programmer Jerzy Rugby spends his days blissfully hacking away in cyberspace – aiding the GoMotion Corporation in its noble quest to create intelligent robots. Then an electronic ant gets into the machinery … then more ants …. then millions and millions of the nasty viral pests appear out of nowhere to wreak havoc throughout the Net. And suddenly Jerzy Rugby is Public Enemy Number One, wanted for sabotage, computer crime, and treason – a patsy who must now get to the bottom of the virtual insectile plague.