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Computer Invaders: 25 Infamous Viruses Over the Last 25 Years

COMPUTER INVADERS 25 INFAMOUS VIRUSES OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS THE YEAR 2011 MARKS THE 2STH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VERY FIRST PC VIRUS. AS SOON AS COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS SPREAD GLOBALLY, HACKERS INVADED BY CREATING VIRUSES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES-SOMETIMES JUST FOR FUN, THEN FOR MONEY, AND NOW FOR ESPIONAGE AND OUTRIGHT WARFARE. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE 25 MOST INFAMOUS VIRUSES OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. BRAIN DATE: 1986 DANGER RATING: II ORIGIN: Pakistan FACT: The first PC virus THE FIRST VIRUS TO INFECT PC COMPUTERS WAS DISCOVERED IN 1986. NAMED BRAIN, IT SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD VIA FLOPPY DISKS, BUT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A DESTRUCTIVE VIRUS, WHICH IS WHY AUTHORS INCLUDED THEIR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE UIRUS CODE. THE AUTHORS WERE IDENTIFIED AS BROTHERS AMJAD FARO00 ALUI AND BASIT FARO00 ALUI FROM LAHORE, PAKISTAN. TODAY, THEY RUN A SUCCESSFUL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER CALLED BRAIN TELECOMMUNICATION LTD. STONED FORM DANGER RATING: I I DATE: 1987 ORIGIN: New Zealahd DANGER RATING: O DATE: 1990 ORIGIN: Switzerland FACT: Created by FACT: One of the most a high.school student widespread viruses ever MICHELANGELO VCL DANGER RATING: 5 DANGER RATING: 2 DATE: 1991 DATE: 1992 ORIGIN: New Zealand ORIGIN: USA FACT: Probably the first computer virus that made international news FACT: Automated virus creation with a simple graphical interface HAPPY99 DATE: 1999 ORIGIN: unknown DANGER RATING: 3 FACT: First email virus HAPPY99 UAS THE FIRST EMAIL VIRUS. IT GREETED YOU WITH "HAPPY NEW YEAR 1999 AND EMAILED ITSELF TO ALL CONTACTS IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. LIKE THE VERY FIRST PC UIRUSES, HAPPY99 DID NOT CAUSE ANY REAL DAMAGE, THOUGH IT DID SPREAD TO MILLIONS OF PCS AROUND THE JORLD. MONKEY CONCEPT DANGER RATING: 5 DANGER RATING: 7 DATE: 1994 DATE: 1995 ORIGIN: Canada ORIGIN: USA FACT: Was a self-concealing program FACT: First virus that infected Microsoft Word files MELISSA CODE RED DANGER RATING: 4 DANGER RATING: DATE: 1999 DATE: 2001 ORIGIN: USA ORIGIN: unknown FACT: Allegedly named FACT: First worm to spread without requiring user interaction after a female exotic dancer LOVE LETTER DATE: 2000 ORIGIN: Philippines DANGER RATING: 8 FACT: One of the biggest outbreaks of all time THE COMPUTER UORM THAT BROKE MILLION OF HEARTS, LOVELETTER IS STILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST OUTBREAKS OF ALL TIME. IT SPREAD UIA EMAIL ATTACHMENT AND OVERUROTE MANY OF THE CRUCIAL FILES ON THE PCS IT INFECTED. SLAMMER SOBIG DANGER RATING: O DATE: 2003 ORIGIN: unknown DANGER RATING: 7 DATE: 2003 ORIGIN: unknown FACT: Took down FACTS: Infected millions of computers within hours of being unleashed Bank of America's ATM network and 911 services in Seattle MYDOOM SASSER DANGER RATING: / DATE: 2004 ORIGIN: Russia FACT: Spread over email DANGER RATING: I TE ORIGIN: Germany DATE: 2004 FACT: Crashed networks from Australia to Hong Kong and Kazaa P2P network to the UK FIZZER DATE: 2003 DANGER RATING: 6 ORIGIN: unknown FACT: It was the first virus designed to make money FIZZER WAS THE FIRST VIRUS DESIGNED TO MAKE MONEY. IT ARRIUED AS AN INFECTED ATTACHMENT. ONCE OPENED, IT TOOK OVER INFECTED COMPUTERS AND FORCED THEM TO SEND SPAM. CABIR SDBOT DANGER RATING: 3 DATE: 2003 ORIGIN: Philippines DANGER RATING: 4 DATE: 2004 ORIGIN: unknown FACT: The first mobile FACT: Trojan horse that bypassed normal security phone worm in history HAXDOOR DANGER RATING: 4 DATE: 2005 SONY ROOTKIT DANGER RATING: II DATE: 2005 ORIGIN: unknown ORIGIN: USA/UK FACT: Windows rootkit that FACT: Rootkit installed by Sony BMG to enforce Digital Rights Management could hide other malware STUXNET DATE: 2010 DANGER RATING: 5 ORIGIN: USA/Israel FACT: About a 10008 larger than the typical computer worm F-SECURE LABS ESTIMATES THAT IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 10 MAN-YEARS OF UORK TO COMPLETE STUXNET. THIS COMPLEXITY AND THE FACT THAT IT COULD BE USED TO IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF A CENTRIFUGE TO ENRICH URANIUM UHILE PROVIDING NO MONETARY GAIN SUGGEST THAT STUXNET UAS PROBABLY DEVELOPED BY A GOVERNMENT-THOUGH WHICH GOVERNMENT IS UNCLEAR. MEBROOT STORM WORM DANGER RATING: 3 DATE: 2007 DANGER RATING: 9 DATE: 2007 ORIGIN: unknown ORIGIN: unknown FACT: Was capable of stealing personal information such as bank account login details FACT: Spread via email message saying "230 dead as storm batters Europe" " 3D ANTI-TERRORIST CONFICKER DANGER RATING: 2 DANGER RATING: 5 DATE: 2008 DATE: unknown ORIGIN: Russia ORIGIN: unknown FACT: Targets FACT: Quickly took millions of computers all over the globé Windows Mobile phones WWW.F-SECURE.COM TWITTER.COM/FSECURE F-Secure. FACEBOOK.COM/F-SECURE

Computer Invaders: 25 Infamous Viruses Over the Last 25 Years

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Computer viruses have been around for a long, long time — pretty much as long as personal computing and mainstream software development — and they’ve been making international news since the Int...

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