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2. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   Until floppy disks fell out of use, this was the most successful infection strategy and boot sector viruses were the most common in the "wild" for many years. Traditional computer viruses emerged in the 1980s, driven by the spread of personal computers and the resultant increase in bulletin board system (BBS), modem use, and software sharing.

4. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. List of computer worms - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Malware - Wikipedia

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   Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) [1] is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy.

7. Trojan horse (computing) - Wikipedia

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   Computer hacking. In computing, a Trojan horse (or simply Trojan) is any malware that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program. The term is derived from the ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of Troy. [1]