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NAME
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FIRST APPEARANCE
|
INFECTS
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| Aleja |
October 28 |
Spanish version of MS Word |
| Anti
BTC |
January |
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| Anti
Social |
September 9 |
MS Word 97 |
| Arbeit |
September 23 |
MS Word 97 |
| Astia |
November 4 |
MS Word 97 |
| Autostart |
November |
Macintosh |
| Babylonia |
December 3 |
MIRC, Y2K, Internet, Win9xHelp |
| BackDoor-G |
April 15 (reappearance June) |
Win 95/98 |
| BackDoor-T |
July 10 |
internet connection |
| Backhand.A |
December 30 |
MS Word 97 |
| Backnote |
January 8 |
all Windows |
| Badass |
October 14 |
MS Outlook |
| Beast |
February |
Word 97 in Win 95/98 |
| Bleem |
April |
*.exe |
| Bolzano |
September 23 |
*.exe & *.scr |
| Bond |
September 22 |
MS Word |
| Boobs |
August 22 |
steals & mails data files |
| Bubble
Boy |
November 8 |
Win 95, 98 w/ IE 5.0, BIOS |
| Caligula |
March 1 |
PGP 5.x |
| Chango |
September 23 |
IE |
| Chantal_A |
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MS Word 97 |
| Cholera |
September 9 |
TelNet, IE, Netscape, mIRC |
| CIH |
April 22 |
Win 95/98 |
| Class.ed |
October 29 |
Word 97 |
| Cobra |
October 28 |
Word 97 |
| Coke |
September 28 |
Win 95/98/NT |
| Corner |
October 25 |
MS Word 97/2000, MS Project 98 |
| Ded |
November 1 |
MS Word 97 |
| Destino |
October 25 |
MS Word 97 |
| Disco |
November 2 |
MS Word 97 |
| Ethan |
January 28 |
MS Word 97, 2000 |
| Explore
Zip |
June 5 |
Win 95/98/NT |
| ExploreZipB |
December 1 |
|
| Fix
2001 |
September 14 |
internet connection |
| Fly |
December 31 |
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| Footer-A |
February |
Macs with Wintel, Word Macro |
| Freelink |
July 6 |
MS Outlook 98/2000 |
| Friend |
November 8 |
Excel 97 |
| Fun
Love |
October 9 |
Win 95/NT |
| Happy
99 |
January 20 |
Win 95/98/NT |
| Hope |
November 1 |
MS Word |
| Jany |
November 14 |
MS Word 97 |
| Jerk |
March 18 |
Word & Excel |
| Kriz |
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Win 95/98/NT |
| Laroux-BP |
October 10, 1998 |
MS Office 97 |
| Laroux-DO |
March 3 |
Excel |
| Laroux-HO |
March 1 |
Excel |
| Laroux-KX |
November 16 |
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| Manalo |
November 4 |
Excel |
| Marker |
February 18 |
MS Word 97 |
| Marker-AZ |
December 13 |
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| Melissa |
March 26 |
Mac Word 98, MS Word 97/2000 |
| Melissa-AA |
December 6 |
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| Melissa.ac |
October 28 |
MS Word 97 |
| Melissa-B
& -C |
March 26 |
MS Word 97+ above |
| Melissa-D |
March 26 |
all MS Word |
| Melissa-O |
November 16 |
MS Word 97 |
| Melissa-Y |
October 25 |
Word 97/2000, Outlook |
| Melissa-Z |
October 27 |
Outlook 98 and above |
| Mimir |
April |
MS Word, Outlook |
| Mmkv |
December |
MS Word 97 |
| Monopoly |
November |
internet |
| Mypics.worm |
December 2 |
bios in Win 9.x, NT and MS Outlook |
| Nastysex |
November 17 |
phone bill for porno option |
| New
Apt |
December 15 |
internet, email |
| Niknat |
October 20 |
Tools/Macro |
| Opey |
November 2 |
MS Word 97 |
| Oporto |
October 7 |
all Windows |
| Papa |
March 30 |
Excel 97/2000 |
| Ping |
March 31 |
MS Word & Outlook |
| Pretty
Park |
May 26 |
is remote access program -all Windows,
IRC, and email |
| Prilissa |
November 17 |
Word 97 |
| Promail |
March 25 |
multiple account clients |
| Protected
A |
January 28 |
Tools Macro |
| PTH |
October 19 |
Excel |
| Raadioga |
November 11 |
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| Remote
Explorer |
Dec 23, 1998 |
Win 95/98/NT |
| Ring
Zero |
November 10 |
internet travel Win 9.x |
| Savior |
March 4 |
Win 95/98/NT |
| Story |
November 12 |
MS Word 97 |
| Suppl |
September 17 |
Windows, email |
| Sure
Seeker |
? |
Internet Explorer |
| Thursday |
September |
MS Word 97 |
| Thursday-C |
December 1 |
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| Tip |
November 3 |
BIOS |
| Toadie |
August 15 |
DOS, IRC, Pegasus |
| Triplesix |
October 15 |
Outlook, mIRC & Pirch |
| Uka |
November 1 |
MS Word |
| VCS |
October 28 |
*.com |
| Veneno |
October 25 |
Spanish version of MS Word |
| WYX |
November 16 |
MBR |
| Y2K
Count |
September 15 |
internet travel |
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