The 10 Most Infamous Viruses
Most self-executing viruses appear in the wild for a brief period and then fade away, never to be heard from again. But some viruses make an impact that we don’t easily forget whether it’s due to their technical innovation, the damage they inflicted, or their ability to nab worldwide attention. We asked Patrick Hinojosa, chief technical officer of Panda Software, to name the 10 most infamous viruses of all time, in no particular order.
1. Elk Cloner: The first microcomputer virus in the wild (written in 1981), this virus spread on Apple II floppy disks and displayed the following message: “It will get on all your disks. It will infiltrate your chips. Yes it’s Cloner! It will stick to you like glue. It will modify ram too. Send in the Cloner!”
2. Brain: This memory-resident boot sector virus originated in Pakistan in 1986. This was the first virus to use stealth techniques.
3. CIH: A file infector virus, CIH (a variant of which is known as Chernobyl) features a destructive payload capable of rendering the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) useless.
4. Michelangelo: Another memory-resident, boot sector virus, Michelangelo goes into action on March 6 (Michelangelo’s birthday), destroying information on the hard drive and rendering it unusable. This virus was the first to grab media attention in a big way.
5. Jerusalem: This memory-resident file infector originated in Israel in 1987. Activating every Friday the 13th (corresponding with the system clock), Jerusalem deletes all programs run on that day and causes system slowdowns.
6. AntiCMOS: This boot sector virus originated in China in 1994 and appeared on numerous occasions in North America for several months in 1995. True to its name, AntiCMOS can eliminate information from the computer’s CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor).
7. Stoned family: The Stoned family of viruses garners a spot on this list because of its many variants and long history. The Michelangelo virus is part of this family.
8. Concept: This macro virus was the first to attack Microsoft Word documents.
9. Melissa: Another macro virus, Melissa infects Microsoft Word documents and the Normal.dot global template that Word uses. Capable of sending an infected document to the first 50 entries in the victim’s Outlook address book, Melissa can spread its infection rapidly.
10. W32.Winux: This Windows/Linux cross-platform virus was the first proof-of-concept virus that understands the file structure of both Windows and Linux executable files.
posted by Steven Isaac Standard at 7:20 PM
1 Comments:
They regretted very much to be compelled to hate each other, for each had reckoned up his vis-a-vis as a rather proper sort of fellow, probably a man of some achievement, used dilaudid to good living and good company.. The fact that in order to attain consciousness the emotions must traverse an unalterable series of events or succession of hydrocodone instances, as is betrayed through their alteration by the censor, has helped us to draw a comparison from spatiality.. The question has arisen how dreams with disagreeable content can be analyzed fosamax as the fulfillment of wishes.. But if that course leads us to benicar an idea which does not hold its own with the critic, we discontinue and cease to apply our attention.. The city slept; that is, the codeine better portion of it did.. I heard children's voices, and doxycycline the low lullaby of happy mothers.. Only it is magnesium necessary to keep in mind the curious plasticity of psychic material.. The first sound that either heard in the morning codeine was Babe hammering upon their bedroom door.. The soul of his art citalopram is unexpectedness.. Buller at tylenol all, and he did not hesitate to show his annoyance.. I am sure, ma'am, you will agree with me that the plainest food is benicar the best for everybody.. Yet Sim held up as well as he could, and after dinner followed Marann with some little dignity into the parlor. prozac. The spelling-school lipitor is one of the ordinary winter amusements in the country.. The causal connection between two ideas is either clonazepam left without presentation, or replaced by two different long portions of dreams one after the other.. Let 'em bring in their own traps, clindamycin he commented, and Aunt Margaret fled, ashamed and conscience-smitten, to the kitchen...
Post a Comment
<< Home