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2. 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 ...

3. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   February 11: The Simile virus is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly. Beast is a Windows-based backdoor Trojan horse, more commonly known as a RAT ( Remote Administration Tool ). It is capable of infecting almost all versions of Windows.

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. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   The Pikachu virus is believed to be the first computer virus geared at children. Ping-pong: Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A, VeraCruz DOS Boot sector virus 1988-03 Turin: Harmless to most computers RavMonE.exe: RJump.A, Rajump, Jisx Worm 2006-06-20 Once distributed in Apple iPods, but a Windows-only virus SCA: Amiga Boot ...

6. Category:Computer viruses - Wikipedia

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7. Brain (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   Boot sector computer virus Brain is the industry standard name for a computer virus that was released in its first form on 19 January 1986, [ 1 ] and is considered to be the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles .

8. Sality - Wikipedia

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   Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors, which target Windows executable files with the extensions .EXE or .SCR. [1] Sality utilizes polymorphic and entry-point obscuring (EPO) techniques to infect files using the following methods: not changing the entry point address of the host, and replacing the original host code at the entry point of the executable with a variable stub to ...

9. Abraxas (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   Abraxas was created with the PS-MPC virus creation tool, which can be used to create similar, easily detected viruses, which are usually encrypted as well. More than 20 viruses have appeared which have clearly been produced with the PS-MPC: 203 (computer virus) 644 (computer virus) Abraxas (computer virus)