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2. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   To combat computer viruses and other malicious software, many security advisory organizations and anti-virus software developers compile and publish virus lists. When a new virus appears, the rush begins to identify and understand it as well as develop appropriate counter-measures to stop its propagation. Along the way, a name is attached to ...

3. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   Appearance of Lehigh virus (discovered at its namesake university), [20] boot sector viruses such as Yale from the US, Stoned from New Zealand, Ping Pong from Italy, and appearance of the first self-encrypting file virus, Cascade. Lehigh was stopped on campus before it spread to the "wild" (to computers beyond the university), and as a result ...

4. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. 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 ...

5. List of computer worms - Wikipedia

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   Dismissing it would reboot the computer and then display the message again. Klez: October 2001 Koobface: December 2008 Targeted MySpace and Facebook users with a heading of "Happy Holidays". Leap-A: Oompa-Loompa Trojan worm February 14, 2006 Most known for being the first virus targeting Mac computers. Morris: November 2, 1988 Robert Tappan Morris

6. Regin (malware) - Wikipedia

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   Regin (also known as Prax or QWERTY) is a sophisticated malware and hacking toolkit used by United States' National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

7. List of virus families and subfamilies - Wikipedia

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   See also Comparison of computer viruses. This is an alphabetical list of biological virus families and subfamilies; it includes those families and subfamilies listed by the ICTV 2023 report. [1] For a list of individual species, see List of virus species. For a list of virus genera, see List of virus genera.