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2. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   The Rabbit (or Wabbit) virus, more a fork bomb than a virus, is written. The Rabbit virus makes multiple copies of itself on a single computer (and was named "rabbit" for the speed at which it did so) until it clogs the system, reducing system performance, before finally reaching a threshold and crashing the computer. [10]

3. Morris worm - Wikipedia

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   In Halt and Catch Fire, a virus that works in a similar way to the Morris worm is created to gauge the size of the network. In Date Time , an indie developed video game, the Morris worm is portrayed as a character in a dating sim.

4. Malware - Wikipedia

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   The first IBM PC virus in the wild was a boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi brothers in Pakistan. [14] Malware distributors would trick the user into booting or running from an infected device or medium. For example, a virus could make an infected computer add autorunnable code to any USB stick plugged into it.

5. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

6. XZ Utils backdoor - Wikipedia

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   In February 2024, a malicious backdoor was introduced to the Linux build of the xz utility within the liblzma library in versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 by an account using the name "Jia Tan".

7. Comparison of antivirus software - Wikipedia

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   Many antivirus products use "third-party antivirus engine". This means that the antivirus engine is made by another producer; however, the malware signature and/or other parts of the product may (or may not) be done from the owner of the product itself.