Computer Viruses can cause a lot of damage, From Worms to Trojans
Here are 5 Devastating Computer Viruses
Nimda
(2001)
A Computer worm, also a file infector, it spread through web browsing and infected e-mails. It quickly spread and became the Internet's Most Widespread worm in just 22 minutes.
Released exactly 1 week after the 9/11 attack, some media speculate a link between the virus and terrorist, though the theory ended up unfounded.
The virus name origin comes from the reversed spelling of it, which is "admin".
Storm Worm
(2007)
A dangerous and fast-spreading Trojan Horse that affects computers using Microsoft Operating System, discovered on January 17, 2007.
Infected PCs were used to spread spam and steal identities.
Storm Worm spread to millions of computers around the world and it is accounted for 8% of all malware infections globally.
Slammer
(2003)
Computer virus that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts, it dramatically slowed down general Internet traffic.
It spread rapidly, and estimated to have infected 75,000 machines within 10 minutes.
The virus was so aggressive, some countries thought it was an organized attack.
CIH
(1998)
Also known as Chernobyl Virus, it triggers on April 26, the anniversary of the disaster.
It is one of the Most Damaging viruses, overwriting information on infected system drives and effectively paralyses a computer.
60 million computers were believed to be infected internationally, resulting in an estimated $1 Billion US dollars in commercial damages.
ILOVEYOU
(2000)
Sometimes referred to as Love Letter, it was designed to steal Internet access passwords.
The virus did damage on the local machine, overwriting image files and sent a copy of itself to the first 50 addresses in the Windows Address Book.
With over 50 million infections, even the Pentagon and CIA had to shut down their e-mails.
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