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2. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   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 the virus. As the developers of anti-virus software compete partly based on how quickly they react to the new threat, they usually study and name the viruses ...

3. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   Computer virus. 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 [1] is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs.

4. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   November 10: Agobot is a computer worm that can spread itself by exploiting vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows. Some of the vulnerabilities are MS03-026 and MS05-039. [35] November 20: Bolgimo is a computer worm that spread itself by exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability at Microsoft Windows DCOM RPC Interface.

5. Stoned (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   Stoned (computer virus) Hex dump showing "Your PC is now Stoned!" statement at the last 512-byte sector of Master Boot Record. Stoned is a boot sector computer virus created in 1987. It is one of the first viruses and is thought to have been written by a student in Wellington, New Zealand. [1] [2] By 1989 it had spread widely in New Zealand and ...

6. Blaster (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Blaster (also known as Lovsan, Lovesan, or MSBlast) was a computer worm that spread on computers running operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000 during August 2003. [1] The worm was first noticed and started spreading on August 11, 2003. The rate that it spread increased until the number of infections peaked on August 13, 2003.

7. SevenDust (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   SevenDust virus family. SevenDust is a computer virus that infects computers running certain versions of the classic Mac OS. It was first discovered in 1998, [1] [2] and originally referred to as 666 by Apple . SevenDust is a polymorphic virus, with some variant also being encrypted. [1] It spreads by users running an infected executable. [3]