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2. Happy99 - Wikipedia

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   Happy99 (also termed Ska or I-Worm) [ 4] is a computer worm for Microsoft Windows. It first appeared in mid-January 1999, spreading through email and usenet. The worm installs itself and runs in the background of a victim's machine, without their knowledge. It is generally considered the first virus to propagate by email, and has served as a ...

3. Ramnit - Wikipedia

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   Ramnit is a computer worm affecting Windows users. It was estimated that it infected 800 000 Windows PCs between September and December 2011. [1] The Ramnit botnet was dismantled by Europol and Symantec in 2015. [2] At its peak in 2015, Ramnit was estimated to have infected 3,200,000 PCs. [3] Ramnit infects removable media such as USB drives ...

4. Conficker - Wikipedia

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   Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. [2] It uses flaws in Windows OS software (MS08-067 / CVE-2008-4250) [3] [4] and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use ...

5. Mydoom - Wikipedia

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   Discontinued. 12 February 2004 (Mydoom.A) 1 March 2004 (Mydoom.B) Mydoom was a computer worm that targeted computers running Microsoft Windows. It was first sighted on January 26, 2004. It became the fastest-spreading e-mail worm ever, exceeding previous records set by the Sobig worm and ILOVEYOU, a record which as of 2024 has yet to be surpassed.

6. CIH (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   CIH (computer virus) CIH, also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus that first emerged in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable systems, overwriting critical information on infected system drives and, in some cases, destroying the system BIOS. The virus was created by Chen Ing-hau ...

7. Daprosy Worm - Wikipedia

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   Daprosy Worm. Daprosy worm was a malicious computer program that spreads via local area network (LAN) connections, spammed e-mails and USB mass storage devices. Infection comes from a single read1st. exe file where several dozen clones are created at once bearing the names of compromised folders. The most obvious symptom of Daprosy infection is ...