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virus researchers in 2002.
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NAME
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FIRST APPEARANCE
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INFECTS
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Actem
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April 2
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worm
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Alcarys
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February 25
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email, mIRC
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Anis
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June 14
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excel macro
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Apher
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August 20
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backdoor
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Aplore
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April 9
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email, mIRC worm
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AutoUpder
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May 23
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backdoor
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Barisada
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March 1 reappearance
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Excel Macro virus
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Benjamin
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May 20
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KaZaa network
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Blunt
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February 26
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.NET architecture
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Bridex
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November 4
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email worm
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Bugbear
or Tanatos
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September 30
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mass mailing backdoor worm
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Cardst
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August 22
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trojan -
sends
user-completed form with AOL billing info - passwords, address, credit
info
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Carewmr
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October 22
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VBS trojan
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Cervivec
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March 22
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ICQ mass mailing worm
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Chet
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September 10
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mass mailing worm
(kills itself on Sept 13)
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Chick
or Britney
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March 1
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email worm
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Chick
or Worldcup 2002
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June 6
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worm
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CIH.1106
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December
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flash bios, data overwrite
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Cool
Now
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February 14
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MS IE worm
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Crackbox
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?
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trojan
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Datom
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July 11
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Network Worm
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Dewin
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April 15
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backdoor
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Divi
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March 1
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Excel Macro virus
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Donut
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January 9
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.NET
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Dotor
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June 28
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mass mailing worm
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Enemany
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June 5
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worm
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Etap
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February ?
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Win .exe & Linux .elf
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Fbound
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March 14
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mass mailing worm
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Fortnight
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May 14
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mass mailing script worm
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Fretheme
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June 13
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mass mailing worm
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Galil
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December 4
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email worm
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Gibe
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March 6
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mass mailing worm
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Gigger
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January 11
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Outlook or Outlook Express with Win98
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Gismor
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September 9
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mass mailer worm
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Godzilla
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August 21
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mass mailer
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Gop
Trojan
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January 11
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password stealing trojan
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Gop
Worm
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January 11
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worm
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Gunsan
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June 26
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Windows worm
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Helvis
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November 1
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VBS trojan with Win NT
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Henpeck
or Fleming
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October 9
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Messenger worm
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Horty
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April 24
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VBS worm
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Jeem
or Maz
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November 13
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trojan
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Kill
Once
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November 29
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network worm
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Kitro
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July 15
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worm
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Klez
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January 17
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mass mailer worm
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Klez_H
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April 17
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mass mailer worm
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Led
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January 24
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email worm - IRC, MSN Messenger
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Lentin
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March 4
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mass mailing worm
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Likun
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November 6
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VBS worm
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Lilac
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July 8
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worm
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Linux
DevNull
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September 30
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IRC server worm
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Lioten or
Iraq Oil
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December 16
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Windows sharing networks available online with Win
2000 & Win XP
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Maz
or Masteraz
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November 13
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trojan
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Merkur
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October 22
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VBS script worm - file sharing networks
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Monkey
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April 9 comeback
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Master Boot Records
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My
Life
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March 7
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mass mailing worm
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My
Party
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January 28
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worm
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Netav
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July 11
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worm
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Newbiero
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April 15
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LAN worm
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No Close
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June 11
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trojan family
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Numgame
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February 17
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worm
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OpaSoft
or Opaserve
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October 1
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backdoor network worm
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P2P.Lolol
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December 8
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Kazaa network worm
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Perrun
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June 14
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*.jpeg
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Prestige
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February 14
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email worm
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Public
Enemy
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February 25
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Linux, Win, Palm trojan
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RCServ
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May 13
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backdoor
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Redlof
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July 16
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MS Virtual Machine ActiveX Control
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Rivpas
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April 15
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ABAP script
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Roron
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November 8
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P2P, IRC worm, backdoor
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RST.b
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January 9
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Linux trojan
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Runouce
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August 1
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internet worm
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Scalper
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June 29
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Apache
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Sdbot
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November 27
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IRC backdoor
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Sharpei
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February 28
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.NET
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Shatrix
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January 11
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worm
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Shockwave
Virus
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January 8
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*.swf
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Slapper
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September 13
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Apache OpenSSL network worm
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SMS
Killer
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January 21
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Short Message System in GSM phones
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Spaces
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January 11
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Win 95/98
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Spester
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January 16
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worm
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SQL
Spida
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May 22
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MS SQL Server
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Storielle
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March 21, 2002
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mass mailing worm
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Tettona
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June 19
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backdoor worm
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Valcard
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March 4
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mass mailing worm
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vbswg_aq
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June 5
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VBS script worm
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WbeCheck
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April 24
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IE trojan
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Weird
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January 11
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backdoor Win OS
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Winevar
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November 24
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email worm
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Winshell
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July 24
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backdoor
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Yaha_E
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June 19
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worm
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Yaha_J
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December 13
|
worm
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Yaha_K
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December 13
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worm
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Yaha_M
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December 31
|
worm
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Yarner
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February 19
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worm
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Zasil
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November 6
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trojan
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