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Trojan worm February 14, 2006 Most known for being the first virus targeting Mac computers. Morris: November 2, 1988 Robert Tappan Morris: Widely considered to be the first computer worm. Although created for academic purposes, the negligence of the author unintentionally caused the worm to act as a denial of service attack.
March 26: The Melissa worm was released, targeting Microsoft Word and Outlook -based systems, and creating considerable network traffic. June 6: The ExploreZip worm, which destroys Microsoft Office documents, was first detected. September: the CTX virus is isolated.
Leap - Mac OS X Trojan horse. Shamoon a wiper virus with stolen digital certificates destroyed over 35,000 computers owned by Saudi Aramco. Storm Worm - A Windows trojan horse that forms the Storm botnet. Stuxnet First destructive ICS -targeting Trojan which destroyed part of Iran 's nuclear program.
A computer virus[ 1] is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs. [ 2][ 3] If this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected" with a computer virus, a metaphor derived from biological viruses.
A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. [ 1] It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other computers.
A dangerous drug that is both a computer virus capable of infecting the brains of unwary hackers in the Metaverse and a mind-altering virus distributed by a network of Pentecostal churches via its infrastructure and belief system. Both forms cause glossolalia, and the computer virus form appears as a snowy pattern of pixels. Solanum virus
After a prolonged sting investigation, Secret Service agents swoop down on organizers and prominent members of BBSs in 14 U.S. cities including the Legion of Doom, conducting early-morning raids and arrests. The arrests involve and are aimed at cracking down on credit-card theft and telephone and wire fraud.
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.