Tuesday, November 1, 2011

The most famous computer viruses!

The most famous computer viruses!

Can computer viruses not known for their reputation and their uniqueness, but certainly ...


distinguished for their dissemination by the media. In this article I will show you the eight most famous viruses. The fame and the consequences of infection are not the only factors that make a virus famous. There are many reasons that may contribute to it, as the weight that can give him the media when the raise as "news" as well as the marketing of a company to launch the current antivirus software. Based on my experience in computers I face many kinds of infections by viruses with more devastating consequences, but never gained the reputation of those who will show you today. 1. I LOVE YOU (2000): One of the most prevalent viruses rapidly. O I LOVE YOU virus is transmitted through an attached executable file (exe) in an e-mail supposedly a message from a friend. 2. Code Red (2001): This particular virus was designed servers (Servers) who run Microsoft Windows operating system. 3. Nimda (2001): The name is Nimda anagram of the word admin. The particular virus could be used as a means of spreading any way. 4. Mellisa (1999): This was a virus that was designed macros in MS Word. Could affect the Outlook contact list and transmit it to all user's contacts. 5. Sasser (2004): The Sasser exploited a security hole in Windows and computer networks could cause a crash and reboot mass (imagine the chaos that could result in large networks ...) 6. The Morris Internet Worm (1988): considered the "father" of internet worms. He was the first virus that could infect Unix systems. on the 7th. Blaster (2003): O blaster exploited a vulnerability in computers running Windows operating system. The feature was that it made ​​visible the presence of a Shutdown message in the user's screen. 8. Creeper (1971): Probably the first virus ever appear on their computers. His goal was the computer network ARPANET (the predecessor of Internet). What the future holds? Now the scope of the virus has spread so much that includes, besides computers, mobile phones, android phones, the tablet pc, the gps, the mp3 player and even alarm systems and general that it can connect to the Internet. As the internet evolves and computer technology is an integral part of our everyday viruses have become much more widespread than ever before through new devices.

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