Most famous computer viruses and worms ever

We all know computer viruses. I mean every jack and jill these days have an idea of what computer viruses are. It looks like they have gained celebrity status these days. Millions of infected computers worldwide home millions of species of viruses.

Look at this picture, doesn’t it remind you something? This innocent outcast virus and its’ family wants a place in your laptop, a little unused corner perhaps. Would you mind letting him in?
System administrator’s nightmare and security companies lucky mascot, a computer virus, can aptly be called a virtual disease which affects a computer system and makes it sick, forcing to act in a manner undesired by the user. Ok, I won’t be too harsh on a pure little piece of code, hey, did I tell you I love viruses for the kind of creatures they are. I appreciate their zeal, their spirit,the passion to multiply!

Unlike myself, there are so many who dislike viruses aptly so as a nasty pc virus, hidden from the watchful eyes of an antivirus, may wreck havoc & ruin all the fun. There are billions of viruses out there, big and small. But there were some that stood out and ruined things for us in a spectacular fashion. Here’s a list of some notovrious albeit deadliest (for some) virus or virii or worms or mix of all of these which created havoc in the virtual as well as the real world.

ILOVEYOU (2000) – Don’t be flabbergasted, not calling you girl, its’ a virus!
Code Red (2001) – let there be virtual bloodshed.
Melissa – (1999) – ‘the deadly chick’
Nimda – (2001) – ‘admin’ of the admins.
SQL Slammer – (2003) – slams everything that comes its way.
Sasser – (2004) – No comments!
MyDoom (2004) – not only mine, yours too!
Klez – smarter than the virus next door.
Autorun – Pen drive’s best friend.

Read complete post on PC Security forum here listing Most notorious computer viruses of all time.

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