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Famous Computer Viruses
WORSTS 
Tags: virus, love bug, code red, blaster, internet, worm
These computer viruses caused billions of dollars in damage and an unmeasurable amount of frustration to computer users around the world.
| | Melissa (March 1999): Melissa was an e-mail virus that came into effect when users opened a Word document attachment. The virus sent itself to email addresses on the address books of the affected user's Outlook program. The author was arrested and charged with a federal charge of spreading a computer virus. |
| | Love Bug (May 2000): Another e-mail attachment virus, Love Bug encouraged users to open an attachment which supposedly was a love letter. The virus spread from Asia to the United States, but the author was never charged since there were no laws against cyber crimes in the Phillipines. |
| | Code Red (July 2001): Code Red was a destructive worm that caused $1.2 billion in damage. The author was never caught, but after a warning was issued, most users were able to eventually protect their machines. |
| | Bugbear (October 2002): Bugbear abused Microsoft Outlook in a way which allowed users' credit card numbers and passwords to be seen by the viruses author, who was never caught. |
| | Blaster (August 2003): Blaster was a recent worm, which was said to affect over 500,000 computers. The worm slowed down the speed of affected users' computers and often caused users to have to reboot after a few minutes of computer use. The original author was never caught |
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