A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network...
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This timeline of computer viruses and worms presents a chronological timeline of noteworthy computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, similar malware...
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MSBlast) was a computer worm that spread on computers running operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000 during August 2003. The worm was first noticed...
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ILOVEYOU (redirect from Loveletter Worm)
to as the Love Bug or Loveletter, was a computer worm that infected over ten million Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000. It started spreading...
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The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988, is one of the oldest computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant...
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Samy (also known as JS.Spacehero) is a cross-site scripting worm (XSS worm) that was designed to propagate across the social networking site MySpace by...
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Code Red was a computer worm observed on the Internet on July 15, 2001. It attacked computers running Microsoft's IIS web server. It was the first large-scale...
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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...
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Spyware Computer worm Trojan horse Antivirus software Computer insecurity Cryptovirology Security through obscurity Cyberwarfare Computer worm Spyware...
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SQL Slammer (redirect from Slammer (computer worm))
SQL Slammer is a 2003 computer worm that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed general Internet traffic. It also crashed...
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Mydoom (redirect from Mydoom (computer worm))
Mydoom was a computer worm that targeted computers running Microsoft Windows. It was first sighted on January 26, 2004. It became the fastest-spreading...
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Welchia (redirect from Welchia (computer worm))
"Nachi worm", is a computer worm that exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft remote procedure call (RPC) service similar to the Blaster worm. However...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Computer worms. Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms Comparison of computer viruses List of trojan horses "Virus'"...
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Stuxnet (redirect from Stucksnet worm)
Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm first uncovered in 2010 and thought to have been in development since at least 2005. Stuxnet targets supervisory...
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products. One of the earliest examples of an attack on a computer network was the computer worm Creeper written by Bob Thomas at BBN, which propagated through...
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Bagle (also known as Beagle) was a mass-mailing computer worm affecting Microsoft Windows. The first strain, Bagle.A, did not propagate widely. A second...
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Red (computer worm) Morris worm SQL Slammer Tuxissa Timeline of computer viruses and worms Comparison of computer viruses Anna Kournikova (computer virus)...
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The WANK Worm and the OILZ Worm were computer worms that attacked DEC VMS computers in 1989 over the DECnet. They were written in DIGITAL Command Language...
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Netsky is a prolific family of computer worms which affect Microsoft Windows operating systems. The first variant appeared on Monday, February 16, 2004...
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Conficker (redirect from Conficker worm)
Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November...
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22528, and Full Moon) is a computer worm believed to have been written by Brazilian virus writer Vecna, member of the computer virus writing group 29A....
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Nimda (redirect from Nimda (computer worm))
Nimda virus is a malicious file-infecting computer worm. The first released advisory about this threat (worm) was released on September 18, 2001. Nimda...
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of a computer worm developed in 2004 that is designed to infect mobile phones running Symbian OS. It is believed to be the first computer worm that can...
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EternalBlue (redirect from EternalRocks worm)
On May 12, 2017, a computer worm in the form of ransomware, nicknamed WannaCry, used the EternalBlue exploit to attack computers using Windows that had...
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virus (also known as VBS.OnTheFly, VBS/SST, and VBS_Kalamar) was a computer worm that emerged in February 2001. Disguised as an email attachment purportedly...
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BlueKeep (redirect from BlueKeep computer worm)
attack - 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack Blaster (computer worm) Dyn cyberattack – 2016 Sasser (computer worm) EternalBlue Foley, Mary Jo (2019-05-14). "Microsoft...
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Robert Tappan Morris (category American computer programmers)
an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet...
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next OS. Once it is run, the worm will attempt to infect the system. For non-"admin" users, it will prompt for the computer's administrator password in order...
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team of worms against other teams of worms that are controlled by a computer or human opponent. The aim is to use various weapons to kill the worms on the...
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Code Red II (redirect from Code Red II (computer worm))
Code Red II is a computer worm similar to the Code Red worm. Released two weeks after Code Red on August 4, 2001, it is similar in behavior to the original...
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