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Famous Computer Viruses
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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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The love bug virus: Protecting lovesick computers from malicious attack : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology of the Committee on Science, House ... Sixth Congress, second session, May 10, 2000 (Book)

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