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macafee virus

This is a list of noteworthy computer viruses and worms.

1980-1989

1982

A program called Elk Cloner, written for Apple II systems, is credited with being the first computer virus to appear "in the wild"—that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created.

1986

January: The Brain boot sector virus launches, considered the first PC virus.

1987

October: The Jerusalem virus is found in the city of Jerusalem, Israel. McAfee Security - The Place for Your PC. It is a destructive virus programmed to destroy executable files on every occurrence of Friday the 13th. November: The SCA virus, a boot sector virus for Amigas appears, immediately creating a pandemic virus-writer storm. A short time later, SCA releases another, considerably more destructive virus, the Byte Bandit.

1988

June: The Festering Hate, Apple, ProDOS virus spreads from underground pirate BBS systems and starts infecting mainstream networks. McAfeecom - New Virus List. November 2: The Morris worm, created by Robert Tappan Morris, infects DEC VAX and SUN machines running BSD UNIX connected to the Internet, and becomes the first worm to spread extensively "in the wild", and one of the first well-known programs exploiting buffer overrun vulnerabilities. The Ping-Pong virus is discovered and grows out to become the most common and well-known boot sector virus of its time.

1989

October 1989: Ghostball, the first multipartite virus, is discovered by Fridrik Skulason

1990-1999

1992

Michelangelo predicted to create a digital apocalypse on 6 March, with millions of computers having their information wiped, according to mass media hysteria surrounding the virus. Later assessments of the damage showed the aftermath to be minimal. Search McAfee AVERT Labs Threat Library. Home   pan   virus scan shareware   network virus protection   anti virus software program   etrust anti virus software   adware virus scan   norton anti virus corporate   mcaffee virus   anti cheap software virus   herpes simplex virus 2   pc cillin virus   free online anti virus scanner   free computer virus check   mcafee virus protector   e z trust anti virus   computer virus scans   anti software spyware virus   virus and spyware protection   best pc protection virus   trend micro online virus scanner   computer virus protection program   anti best protection virus   spam anti virus   trend micro free virus   protection spam virus   zone alarm anti virus   anti cillin pc software virus   trend micro virus   aol protection virus   virus trend micro   virus w95 cih   email filter virus