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Looking Back At the Other Kind of Virus

Slatterz writes "All this panic over a strain of flu got these people thinking about some of the more virulent computer pandemics that have hit in recent years. While a computer virus pales in seriousness to a human outbreak, malware attacks can still take a huge toll on businesses throughout the world. This list of the top ten worst viruses includes some interesting trivia, including ARPANET's Creeper virus in 1971, how early attempts at copy protection resulted in Brain, and MyDoom's denial of service attack on SCO."

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  1. Re:Little big difference by Rev.+Brucie+J. · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Computer malware dont kill y

    You didn't say Candlejack, di

  2. Re:Little big difference by Kotoku · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What the heck is wrong with you? Candlejack won't do anyth