Wyrm

Fabi, Mark. Wyrm. New York: Bantam Spectra, 1997.

AI plot that "might be best described as 'the thing that's gotten loose on the Net.'" Protagonist is a post-cyberpunk, "regular" guy. The wyrm is a spontaneously evolving virus on the Net that both destroys and improves computer programs; see for VR interfacing. Rev. Michael Levy, The New York Review of Science Fiction #110, 10.2 (October 1997): 14-15, our source here and whom we quote. (Maly, 02/07/02; RDE, 15/08/02)