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2. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   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. [2] [3] If this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected" with a computer virus, a metaphor derived from biological viruses. [4]

3. Stuxnet - Wikipedia

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   It features the usage of the Stuxnet virus as a main plot line for the story, and the attempt of Iran to bypass it. In Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Stuxnet is the named type of computer virus which infected Kusanagi and Manamura allowing false memories to be implanted.

4. Sobig - Wikipedia

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   The Sobig viruses infected a host computer by way of the above-mentioned attachment. When this is started they will replicate by using their own SMTP agent engine. E-mail addresses that will be targeted by the virus are gathered from files on the host computer. The file extensions that will be searched for e-mail addresses are: .dbx.eml.hlp.htm ...

5. Computer worm - Wikipedia

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   Computer viruses generally require a host program. [11] The virus writes its own code into the host program. When the program runs, the written virus program is executed first, causing infection and damage. A worm does not need a host program, as it is an independent program or code chunk.

6. 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 ...

7. Melissa (computer virus) - Wikipedia

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   The Computer Emergency Response Team, a Pentagon-financed security service at Carnegie Mellon University, reported 250 organizations called regarding the virus, indicating at least 100,000 workplace computers were infected, although the number is believed to be higher. [9] An estimated one million email accounts were hijacked by the virus. [10]