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2. Sasser (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Sasser was created on April 30, 2005. [2] This worm was named Sasser because it spreads by exploiting a buffer overflow in the component known as LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) on the affected operating systems.

3. Netsky (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Until October 2006, the P variant of this virus remained the most prevalent virus being sent in e-mail throughout the world, despite being over two and a half years old. [2] It was surpassed by a variant from the Stration malware family in November 2006. [3] Drum and bass musician Netsky has based his artist name on this computer worm. The idea ...

4. Sven Jaschan - Wikipedia

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   Jaschan was tried as a minor because the German courts determined that he created the virus before he was 18. The virus was released on his 18th birthday (29 April 2004). Sven Jaschan was found guilty of computer sabotage and illegally altering data. On Friday 8 July 2005 he received a 21-month suspended sentence.

5. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   The worm was most notable for performing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on www.sco.com, which belonged to The SCO Group. February 16: The Netsky worm is discovered. The worm spreads by email and by copying itself to folders on the local hard drive as well as on mapped network drives if available. Many variants of the Netsky worm ...

6. Category:Hacking in the 2000s - Wikipedia

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   Netsky (computer worm) Nimda; P. Pikachu virus; Ilmārs Poikāns; R. Red Apollo; RedHack; S. Samy (computer worm) Santy; Sarah Palin email hack; Sasser (computer worm ...

7. Criticism of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   A user who opens the attachment can unknowingly infect their own computer, which may then e-mail the worm to more people. Notable worms of this sort that have infected Windows XP systems include Mydoom, Netsky and Bagle. To discourage users from running such programs, Service Pack 2 includes the Attachment Execution Service which records the ...