ILOVEYOU: 26 years of the virus that infected 45 million PCs
On 4 May 2000, an 'ILOVEYOU' email left the Philippines and, within 24 hours, took down 45 million PCs. Today that worm …
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Sasser: 22 years of the birthday worm that froze Windows XP
On 29 April 2004, an 18-year-old German student released Sasser into the world on his own birthday. Eight days later: a …
The Chernobyl virus: the malware that fried your PC's BIOS
On 26 April 1999, the CIH Chernobyl virus triggered and destroyed hundreds of thousands of PCs — the first malware …