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virus researchers in 2003.
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NAME
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FIRST APPEARANCE
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INFECTS
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AdwareDropper
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February 13
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adware components
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Afcore.Q
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October 2
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backdoor
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Agobot
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November 26
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IRC backdoor
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Antinny
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September 27
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Japanese P2P Winny
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Bagif
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February 19
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virus worm
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Beglur
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December 18
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mass mailing worm
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Blitzdung
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February 4
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mIRC,
mass
mailing worm
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Bugbear.B,
Kijmo, or Tanatos.B
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June 5
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polymorphic virus
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Bursted
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December 5
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AutoCAD
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Busan
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April 13
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ICQ worm
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CamKing
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May 6
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trojan backdoor
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Cardown
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September 3
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java trojan
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Checkin
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June 5
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trojan backdoor
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Code
Red 2
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March 11
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IIS servers
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Coronex
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April 22
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worm
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Cydog
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March 19
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email, P2P worm
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Dasmin
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January 13
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trojan
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Deborm
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May 28
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Win NT, 2000, XP backdoor installer
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Deloder
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March 9
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Windows network worm, remote access tool & IRC
backdoor
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Delude
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October 10
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trojan (by webpage visit)
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Desex
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September 23
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DDoS trojan
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Dumaru
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August 19
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mass mailer worm
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Dumaru.B
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September 2
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mass mailer worm
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Dumaru.C
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September 2
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mass mailer worm
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Dumaru.D
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September 2
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mass mailer worm
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Dumaru.E
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September 9
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mass mailer worm
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Dumaru.F
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September 9
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mass mailer worm
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Ekiam
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February 25
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word macro
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Eyeveg
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September 9
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backdoor, network worm
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ExploreZip_E
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January 8
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Win 98, NT
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Fakerr
or Gruel
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July 16
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Kazaa worm
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Fizzer
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May 8
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email & P2P worm
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Flash Virus,
SWScript.flm, SWF.lfm.926, or Acts.lfm
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May 22
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Macromedia Flash
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Forten
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June 18
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MS Java VM
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Fortnight
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February 13
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by reading the email
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Fourcourse
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March 11
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VBS trojan
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Ganda
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March 17
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email worm
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GetNet
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April 25
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backdoor
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Gibe.B
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February 24
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P2P, IRC mass-mailing worm
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Gibe.D
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March 25
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P2P, IRC mass-mailing worm
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Hantaner
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September 8
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Kazaa P2P
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Harmony.A
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August 7
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no payload
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Holar.H
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May 28
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VBS email & Kazaa worm
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Ircobus
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June 5
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VBS mIRC worm
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Israz
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July 10
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email, Kazaa worm
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JBellz
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January 15
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trojan Linux
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Kamadina
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July 14
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P2P
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Kickin
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May 7
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email, IRC, P2P worm
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KillApp
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December 3
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trojan
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Klez_E
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January 7
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Win 98, ME, NT, XT
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Krei
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February 3
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Win XP, 2000 backdoor
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Kromber
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September 28
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IRC trojan
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Lirva
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January 8
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mass mailing worm
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Lirva_B
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January 9
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email, Kazaa, mIRC, & open shared network drives
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Lovelorn
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April 29
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VBS mass mailer
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Lovgate
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February 20
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backdoor mass-mailing and network worm
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Lovsan.D
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August 18
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worm
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Lovsan.E
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September 3
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worm
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Lovsan.F
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September 3
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worm
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Magold
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May 29
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email, IRC, P2P
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Mapson
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June 9
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file sharing worm
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Memas
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December 8
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worm
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Migmaf
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July 14
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trojan proxy
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Mimail
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August 1
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email worm, trojan
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Mofei
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June 9
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backdoor network worm
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Morbex
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April 16
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IRC trojan & email, Kazaa, IRC, MSN Messenger worm
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MSBlast,
Lovesun, Lovsan, Mblast or Poza
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August 11
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worm
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MSBlast.D
or Welchi
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August 18
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WinXP, IIS 5.0 servers anti-virus worm
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Muma
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June 3
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hacker utility
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Naco.B
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May 27
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P2P backdoor
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Naco.E,
Anacon, Nocana, pr Naco
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June 2
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Email & P2P backdoor worm
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Needy
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June 24
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IE Java Trojan
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Neroma
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September 5
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VBS worm
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NiceHello
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March 14
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MSN Messenger
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NoClose
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January 27
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java script trojan
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Novabot
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January 23
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IRC backdoor cloner
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Ouch
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September 2
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trojan spyware
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Pac
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February 18
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Peer-2-Peer Backdoor, DoS
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Parite
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February 7
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Win 32
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Peido
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May 7
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trojan
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Persis
or WinTrim
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June 23
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trojan downloader
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Petala
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September 28
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backdoor
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Prune
or Iraq Crisis or UN Interview
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March 12
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email, mIRC, Networks
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Quaters
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September 8
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email, IRC
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Raleka
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August 27
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worm
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Raleka.B
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September 4
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worm
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Raleka.C
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September 4
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worm
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Randex
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June 23
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MS Win LANs
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Randon
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March 4
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IRC, LAN worm
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Recory.B
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January 8
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worm
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Sadhound
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January 25
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backdoor
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Sahay
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January 23
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email worm
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Sapphire
or Slammer
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January 25
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SQL servers
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Scold.A
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December 11
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mass mailer
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Smibag
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October 10
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adware worm
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Sober
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October 26
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Email worm
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Sobig
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January 9
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email worm
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Sobig.B
or Palyh or Mankx
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May 19
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email worm
(expires
5-31-03)
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Sobig.C
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May 31
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worm (expires
6-8-03)
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Sobig.D
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August
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worm (expires
7-2-03) 7-2-03)
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Sobig.E
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June 25
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worm (expires
7-14-03) 7-14-03)
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Sobig.F
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August 19
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worm (expires
9-10-03)
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Stash
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November 7
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trojan downloader
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Supova
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February 21
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Kazaa, MSN
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Surfrbar
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September 4
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VBS trojan
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Swen
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September 18
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LAN, IRC, Kazaa worm
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Swizzor
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March 27
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Trojan Downloader
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Tell
Friend
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February 20
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spam using infector methods
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Tenrobot
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April 23
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IRC backdoor
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Terrosist
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April 29
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VBS
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Typot
or Stumbler
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June 23
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Linux Trojan
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Utter
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February 17
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trojan for 3rd party installers
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Vote.K
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September 10
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IRC, P2P, email
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Warpigs_B
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July 23
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network worm, IRC backdoor
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Wdialupd
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May 27
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is Adware
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Webber
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July 17
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trojan proxy
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WebMoney
Trojan
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March 5
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trojan downloader (in
Eng & Russian)
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Xaler
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July 16
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Word97 Macro Virus
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Yabinder
(Slacke)
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March 2
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trojan
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Yaha_P
(or Yehr)
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March 3
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Mass Mailer/ Network Worm
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Yipper
or Yitai
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May 6
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VBS trojan
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Zasil.B
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June 25
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trojan downloader
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Zdemon
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May 5
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trojan backdoor
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