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NAME
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FIRST APPEARANCE
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INFECTS
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Achis
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October 17
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email
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Adore
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April 5
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Linux backdoor worm
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Aliz
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November 20
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worm
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Angel
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March 23
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worm
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Ants
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October 24
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worm
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AOL
Cool
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January 30
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AOL trojan
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Apost
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September 3
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worm
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Asylum
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August 28
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backdoor
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Baby
Pic
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February 12
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internet worm
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BadTrans
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April 14
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backdoor worm
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BadTrans.B
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November 24
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trojan
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Bin
Laden
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October 24
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worm - ICQ email addresses
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Bionet
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June 1
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backdoor
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Carnival
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February 28
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VBS worm
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Carrytone
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December 22
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Win NT mass mailer worm
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Cartolina
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February 8
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worm
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Challenge
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February 27
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VBS
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Cheese
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May 17
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Linux backdoor fixer
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Choke
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June 20
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MSN Messenger worm
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Code
Blue
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September 7
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MS IIS worm
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Code
Red or Bady
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July 20
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MS IIS worm, Win 2000 backdoor
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Cool Site
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December 19
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mass mailer worm
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Creepy
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September 12
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mass emailer worm
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Cuerpo
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August 31
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worm
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Danschl.A,
Lantern, or Malantern
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December 11
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trojan
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Davinia
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January 15
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internet worm
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Demiurg
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January 16
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Excel
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Dion
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October 29
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(doesn't work)
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DlDer
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December 28
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trojan
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Eira
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November 30
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email worm
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Elkern
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October 26
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Win 98
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Fever
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May 29
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internet worm
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Finaldo
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November 6
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mass mailer worm
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Futs
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May 14
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Novell Netware trojan
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Gnuman
Mandragore
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February 27
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Gnutella trojan worm
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Gogga
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June 15
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trojan
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Gokar
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December 13
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email, IRC, & IIS worm
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Goner
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December 4
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Windows, ICQ
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Grate
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December 21
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does not exist
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Gribble
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September 13
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trojan
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Hack
Tack
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September 5
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backdoor
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Hadra
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June 13
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internet worm
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Hai
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August 28
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worm
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Happytime
(VBSWG.X@mm)
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May 7
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trojan mass-mailer worm
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Hardhead
(VBS.Hard.A@mm)
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May 14
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worm
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Hello
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April 23
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worm
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Homepage
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May 9
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encrypted email worm
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Hooker
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May 29
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trojan
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Hope.AC
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April
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word 97 macro
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Hybris
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January 8
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internet worm
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Invalid
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August 31
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worm
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IRC
Abuser
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February 16
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mirc
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JS.Trojan.Loop
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August 28
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trojan
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Kalamar.A
(OnTheFly)
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February 12
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worm
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Kid
Arcade
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June 13
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scripts
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Klez
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October 26
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infects by reading email without opening attachment
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Kork
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April 26
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Redhat 7
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Leave
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June 25
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email, IRC backdoor worm
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Lindose
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April 1
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Win & Linux - no payload
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Linong
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July 1
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worm
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Lion
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March 24
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Linux worm
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Loveletter.BE
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June 7
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worm
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Loveletter.CL
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May 18
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backdoor Trojan
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Loveletter.CQ
(Linong)
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worm
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Mac.Simpsons
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June 12
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MACs
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Magistr
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March 5
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CMOS, BIOS, Worm
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Marijuana
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July 11
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worm
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Maldal
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December 19
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worm
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Matcher
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April 18
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worm, email
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Mawanella
(VBSWG.Z)
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May 17
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worm, email
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Mcon
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January 24
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mirc & open network share worm
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Melissa.W
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January 19
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worm, email
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Metys-I
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April
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word 97 macro
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Mip
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January 29
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overwrites Windows
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Miss
World
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June 6
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Outlook worm
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MoSucker
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November 15
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backdoor
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Naked
Wife
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March 6
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trojan worm
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Netbus
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January 30
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Win 95, 98, NT Trojan
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Neworld
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January 11
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c:\windows,*.php,*.html,
*.htm,*.htt
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New
Pic
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August 30
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MSN Messenger
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Newsflood
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June 20
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usenet trojan
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Nightflyght
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May 31
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VBS worm, Outlook, MIRC
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Nimda
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September 18
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MS IIS server
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Nimda-B
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October 9
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MS IIS server
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Nimda-C
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October 11
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MS IIS server
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Nimda-D
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October 29
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MS IIS Server
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Nimda-E
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October 30
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MS IIS Server
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Noped
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May 22
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Win worm
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Nymph
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July 6
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backdoor mass mailer
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Offensive
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August 24
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trojan worm
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Onex
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August 6
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Word Macro
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Opera
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March 23
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a false alarm
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Padania
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March 7
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Win 95
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Palm
MTX
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September 13
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trojan
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Parrot
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August 3
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mIRC & MS Outlook Express
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Peach
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August 9
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pdf
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Peep
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?
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remote access trojan
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Pink
Pick
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May 11
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Excel macro virus
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Pirus
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January 11
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web servers
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Potok
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August 3
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mass mailer worm
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Ptsnoop
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September 18
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backdoor
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Ramen
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January 18
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Linux, internet worm
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Redesi
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October 19
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email worm
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Rizal
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September 17
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trojan (DOS, Win 9x, ME)
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Sad
Mind or Poizon Box
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May 11
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Sun Solaris & Win NT/2000
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San
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February 12
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worm, deletes c:\
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Santa
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January 8
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VBS worm
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Santa
Palm
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January 18
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no infection but adds entries for
12/25/2030
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Septer
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October 29
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trojan disguised as Red Cross donation application
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Shoho
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December 27
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email worm
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Sircam
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July 18
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mass mailing worm
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SSIWG
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August 28
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VBS worm
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Staples
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March 20
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worm
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Stator
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April 20
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internet worm &'The Bat' email
program
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Three
Tunes
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March 19
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com & exe files
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Totilix
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February 21
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deletes c:/, no boot
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Tqll
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January 3
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VBS worm
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Universe
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January 24
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worm
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Updater
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December 7
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mass mailing worm
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Utter
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October 19
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trojan
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Valentin
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February 11
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worm
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VBSWG.AF
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October 16
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IRC
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VBSWG.V@mm
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March 22
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worm, pirch, mirc
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Vierika
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March 6
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worm
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'Vote'
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September 24
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worm
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Voyager Alpha Force
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November 21
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MS SQL Server
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Welyah
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December 20
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mass mailer worm
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Whacked
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June 12
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IRC worm
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Wyx
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January 8
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Master Boot Record
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Zhymn
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January 8
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Win 9x
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Zoher
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December 26
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email worm
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