Top 10 most famous viruses (ever)

In recent days we have all received messages on messenger on certain Virus "Masked" in some ids or urls or what not, which once escaped in PCs, Cut and hang, go through sword and fire, etc. And suddenly I was awakened curiosity to find out which were the most criminal viruses (for computers, To understand) that ever circulated by internet networks and beyond, leaving their nerves, nerves and nerves (and sometimes panic).

So I came across a top of the most famous, covered, brush and probe viruses ever. Ie viruses around which myths were formed. And the top reads:

10. Tenth proudly virus busy Elk Cloner. Was born in mind and skilled hands of a student 15 years by 1982. Originally meant to be a joke. It proved to be quite bad, they "received" quite a lot. It was first virus spread via diskettes. It displays a short poem written by author, every 50 of boat-Ari.

9. A place above are Klez, One of thousands of viruses that spread via e-mail. It only made history, appearing just when Internet boom had (Early 2000) and because more developed subspecies. The advantage of a vulnerability OutlookSite and automatically send through email (send themselves to email addresses of Adressbook).

8. Eight to install nicely (now) famous Conficker. Although born in just half a year ago (or something. November mean 2008), has won for the fact that caused one of the most common viruses so far 2003 IT. Although many had announced that he would leave the blood, it seems that the virus, although not quite harmless, there was nothing special compared to other malware (Except for surface Distribution, of course).

7. Little higher in ranking was installed ExploreZip, A virus that has earned reputation and the fact that even came about 10 years ago, there are still copies free. Like most viruses, and it respandeste it via e-mail, Ie their attachments. Buba consists in the fact that it not only spameaza everything found in Adressbook, but produce damage on computers that host it.

6. Storm stopped (for now) on 6. He appeared in 2007, exactly at the time when Europe was hit severely by storms and stuff (even worse than storms), hence the name. He managed to make his head a time freely because most were interested in anything else (family, home, property of any kind - and for good reason). Initially presented as a Video or e-cardsThen derived in several similar files and revived several times around the holidays and some important events. He gave many headaches for about a year.

5. Halfway ranking we find the Melissa. Sorry, I find, because it's virus. The girl's name, ie a stripper whom he was devoted. A kind of love story with implications electronicsSince the virus out of control and started to spam large group, managed to mess up a few servers of companies Marisa, causing losses of millions of dollars.

4. A place above meet the Nimda (Only figuratively, thankfully). Appeared immediately after 11 September 2001, Was one of the Nimda virus with fastest spreading ( "going from nowhere to become the most common virus in 22 minutes online"), Using the e-mails, open and insecure networks, server vulnerabilities (especially a  IIS's - Internet Information Services @ Microsoft) or Web-sites. Has not escaped any version of Windows, He knelt down on all that existed at that time. The consequences needless to mention, it stands to reason that they were nasty (large scale).

3. On the lowest step of the podium and made its way MyDoomA virus classic trends (Spread via e-mail Spamming Adressbook's) But with new features: it was one of the first viruses were used P2P networks (peer-to-peer) to multiply and form a large and widespread family of infected computers (World wide). The network P2P affected at that time was KazaaDue to its burgeoning popularity. In addition, the virus was the first to have that target a company (SCO - Those who have tried to obtain patents on Linux, Creating thus a worse reputation than Microsoft).

2. In second place was SasserA virus created by a kid 17 years (at that time), which made its head among networks airlines, a Coast Guard and even of some governments. Sasser was frustrating that although it was very easy to prevent being infected with viruses (only by a security update al Windowsacquis), This did not happen (well, mostly). Even today, those who use neupdatate versions de Windows are prone to Sasser virus.

1. It won first prize with wreath virus ILOVEYOU (Nicknamed The Love Bug), one of the most filthy viruses, which broke the hearts of many when they discovered what it was, in fact, in reality. He made his head in the early summer of 2000, when people dreamed of love stories and butterflies in stomac. The way it was spread was already very well known at that time, e-mail. In just one day he went around the world, infecting millions of computers si caused damage worth billions of dollars 5.5 (To get rid of the virus, the Pentagon, the CIA and the British Parliament had to stop their servers for an indefinite period). ILOVEYOU only affected computers running operating systems WindowsAny other operating system is immune.

Perhaps there are many other worthy viruses to get into a top, both by reputation and by damage to (certainly the most dangerous are those who "rob" bank accounts), But the ten enumerated / listed above are those that have managed to produce most panic attacks or the fact that they were something new and very few were familiar with such headaches, either that appeared in a time when the Internet was booming and many naïve took first contact with it, hence the amazing results reached.

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