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2. Sasser (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Sasser is a computer worm that affects computers running vulnerable versions of the Microsoft operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000. Sasser spreads by exploiting the system through a vulnerable port. Thus it is particularly virulent in that it can spread without user intervention, but it is also easily stopped by a properly configured ...

3. 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 ...

4. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Malicious Software Removal Tool. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool ( MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft 's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the install antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, [ 2] MSRT does not offer real-time protection.

5. 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 ...

6. Stuxnet - Wikipedia

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   The malware is able to modify the code on PLC devices unnoticed, and subsequently to mask its presence from WinCC if the control software attempts to read an infected block of memory from the PLC system. [67] The malware furthermore used a zero-day exploit in the WinCC/SCADA database software in the form of a hard-coded database password. [75]

7. CIH (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   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 (陳盈豪, pinyin: Chén ...