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virus researchers in 2000.
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NAME
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FIRST APPEARANCE
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INFECTS
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911
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April 3
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local networks
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Adn-A
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August 10
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Excel 97
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Afeto
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November 28
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internet worm
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Alarm
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August 9
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makes alarm sounds
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AOL
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January 21
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AOL internet
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Armagid
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January 1
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Word 97 macro
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Assilem
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February 21
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Word 97
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Babylonia
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February 11
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Portable Executable and Help files in Win
95/98
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Backdoor.Subseven
see also BackDoor-G
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reappearance March14
updated version
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is remote access program shared through newsgroups
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Bad
Info
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August 9
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replaces owners info with "Some fool owns
this"
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Barisada
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August 1
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Excel macro
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Barok
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May 8
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steals passwords
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Bearded
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March 29
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desktop wallpaper
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Beliers
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January 27
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Excel macro, Netscape bookmarks
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Bleah
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April 28
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MBR
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Blebla
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November 16
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internet worm
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Brain
Spy
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November 27
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Win 9x - internet backdoor trojan
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Brown
Orifice
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August 7
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Netscape & Java Applet Code
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Bymer
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October 31
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Win 9x
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Cap
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January 26
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MS Word
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Cartman
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March 23
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Word
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Chameleon
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September 22
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Macro Virus
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Cobra
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November 21
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Word 97
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Codemas
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July 13
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MS & Excel 97/2000
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Cool
Not
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May 31
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email
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Crono
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August 9
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macro virus
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Cuenta
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September 20
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Word 97
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Cybernet
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May 26
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Excel (*.xls) and Word (*.doc)
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Dana
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August 8
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hoax in Portugese
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Dilbert
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July 21
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email
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Divi
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January 18
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Excel macro
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Doeii
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August 18
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Word Macro
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Donald
Duck
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September 6
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trojan
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DOS/AntiOL
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July 18
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Denial of Service for Outlook 97, 98, & 2000,
Outlook Express 4.0 thru 5.01
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Draft
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November 30
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worm
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Eight
941
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February 22
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Word 97
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ExploreZip.worm.f
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September 12
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internet worm for 32-bit systems
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Fake
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August 9
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simulates formatting C:\ to scare operator
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Feliz
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January 1
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Win
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FF
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January 18
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MS Word & Win boot
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Fireburn
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May 31
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Outlook & mIRC
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Fool
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May 25
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IRC
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Fool.K
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September 14
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mIRC
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Forgoten
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December 12
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VBS
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Friend
Mess
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May 11
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Win 95, 98
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Funny
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September 14
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internet worm
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Generic@mm
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August 9
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MS Word 97, email
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Ghost
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August 9
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flashes insulting messages
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Girl
Thing
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August 7
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a hoax in Dutch
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GWV
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May 31
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Gnutella
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Haiku
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February 11
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Email
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How
are you?
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May 24
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no infection - actually a SPAM by connecting to a
website
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Hubad
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February 21
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Word 97
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Hybris
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October 16
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internet worm/trojan
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Icon
Dance
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March 27
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desktop icons
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Inst
98
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January 1
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C:\
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Inta
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January 12
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Win 2000
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Irok
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March 30
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IRC, MS Outlook
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IWorm_Melting
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March 20
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monitor
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Jean
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November 24
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worm
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Jer
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July 5
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IRC Channels
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Jini
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November 13
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Excel 97
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Joke
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May 4
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IRC, email, graphics and sound files
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Kak
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January 18
reappearance March 29
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Win 95/98 with Outlook Express 5.0
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Kozog
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November 30
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trojan worm
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Lara
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November 27
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internet worm
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Lenni
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March 20
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Word 97, C:\
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Liberty
Palm
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August 30
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3COM Palm
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Lights
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August 9
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black square bounces around screen
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Logo
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October 11
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trojan infecting web-based discussion groups
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Love
Letter
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May 4
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IRC, MS Outlook, Win 98, 2000, 95 w/ enabled Script
Hosting, graphics and music files
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Lucky
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January 18
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Windows favorites
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Maco
Ble
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July 21
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MS Word 97 and 2000 in Russian language
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Melting
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March 17
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MS Outlook
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Mill
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December 27
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MIRC, Outlook
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Model
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August 1
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Word 97 Macro
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Msinit
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September 26
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internet worm
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MSTU
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October 24
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com/exe files
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MTX
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September 19
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Win 9x, NT, ME
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Music
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November 22
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internet worm
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Myna
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May 23
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Word 97
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Navidad
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November 3
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internet worm
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Neg
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April 26
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Excel in Win 3.x, 9x
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Netlog
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March 7
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VBS, file sharing
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New
Love
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May 19
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boot, MS Outlook
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Nowobler
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September 7
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email
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Nsi
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July 7
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Word 97 Macro
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Outlaw
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February 15
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MS Word
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Panther
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June 14
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MS Word
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Party
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September 20
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internet worm, mIRC, Outlook
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Passbox
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September 20
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Word 97
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Phage
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September 21
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Palm OS Virus
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Pica
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July 5
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IRC Channels, MS Outlook
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Pikachu
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August 24
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worm
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Plage
2000
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January 14
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Pretty
Park
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reappearance March13
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Proverb
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March 23
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Word 97
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QAZ
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August 7
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Win32 backdoor, internet worm
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QDel121
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November 7
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trojan
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QZap
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November 6
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trojan
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Quatro
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September 12
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email worm
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Rendra
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August 1
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Word 97 Macro
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Resume
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May 27
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MS Word
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Romeo
and Juliet
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November 16
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internet worm
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Russ
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January 10
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no infection (bad joke)
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Scary
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November 3
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worm
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Scrambler
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May 31
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IRC, MP3
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Scrap
File
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June 18
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gif, bmp. jpg, MS Outlook
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Seeker
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October 23
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trojan infecting MS Windows
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Shockwave
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December 1
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picture files
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SHS
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May 19
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Win 95/98 Scrap Object Files
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Silver
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July 20
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internet, IRC, back door
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Simpsons
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June 29
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deletes all files on C:\, A:\, D:\, B:\
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Smash
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July 20
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Win 95, 98
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Sonic
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November 1
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Win 32
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South
Park
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May 11
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German language email
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Stages
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July 12
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mIRC, Perch, email
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Stoned
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January 24
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MBR & boot sectors
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Stream
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September 5
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Win 2000
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Tam
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October 26
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all Win
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Timofon
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June 6
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GSM cellular phones
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Trin00
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February 11
reappearance March 29
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a DoS program used to make denial of service
attacks
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Vale
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January 18
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Word 97, Office 2000, Outlook
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Vapor
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September 21
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Palm OS trojan
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Vcode
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August 7
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Excel 97
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Venus
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January 18
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Word 97 Macro
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Verlor
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January 25
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Word 97 macro
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Wahaha12
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May 24
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Not infectious - is a Spam
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Web
TV
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March 22
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Web TV appliances
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Win
95 Matrix
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April 3
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Win 95, 98
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Win
Ext
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February 16
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MS Outlook
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