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

3. Category:Computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Computer viruses" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

4. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   Appearance of Lehigh virus (discovered at its namesake university), [20] boot sector viruses such as Yale from the US, Stoned from New Zealand, Ping Pong from Italy, and appearance of the first self-encrypting file virus, Cascade. Lehigh was stopped on campus before it spread to the "wild" (to computers beyond the university), and as a result ...

5. List of virus genera - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of genera of biological viruses. See also Comparison of computer viruses. This is an alphabetical list of genera of biological viruses. It includes all genera and subgenera of viruses listed by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 2022 release. [1] For a list of virus families and subfamilies, see List of ...

6. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread 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 is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

7. List of computer worms - Wikipedia

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   Dismissing it would reboot the computer and then display the message again. Klez: October 2001 Koobface: December 2008 Targeted MySpace and Facebook users with a heading of "Happy Holidays". Leap-A: Oompa-Loompa Trojan worm February 14, 2006 Most known for being the first virus targeting Mac computers. Morris: November 2, 1988 Robert Tappan Morris