Every new technology has some advantages and disadvantages attached to it. Internet and computers are the biggest inventions of the 19th and 20th century it has brought the whole world together in one place but it has also given birth to the new internet crime. Spreading internet or computer virus is the worst online crimes that can create havoc in few minutes around the globe and you might never know who was behind it.
this virus is believed to be the most dangerous virus ever created in history. This virus flooded the users with sending love you message in May 2000 it had the ability to forward itself and affect computers. To prevent the effect of I love you virus many big organizations went offline.
Mellisa was a popular dancer in 1999 in Florida and this virus was named after her. It did not create mass harm to computers but it overloaded the servers and slowed down their speed massively. Later the creator of this virus was jailed for causing damage to billions of dollars.
This virus was created by Jan de Wit, a Dutch programmer. This virus was posed as the tennis player. Jan de Wit was an obsessed admirer from the Netherlands. This virus tricked the recipients into opening messages that strongly suggested they would get a glimpse of Anna's curves. Later Jan de Wit was given a community service sentence.
stands for Chernobyl virus. This virus triggers on April 26 each year, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It overwrites a chip inside PCs effectively paralysing the entire computer. Its author, Chen Ing Hau, was caught by the authorities in Taiwan.
This virus was created by a computer science student SvenJaschan. He also created the Netsky worm came to light in the year 2004. It slows down and crashes the computer, it also made it difficult to restore computer without shutting down and powering it off. It majorly affected computers with windows. It was the worst virus for computers that were in networking as a virus on one computer could spread and affect all computers that were connected to it within minutes. This virus first attacked the computers in 2004.
This virus was a worm of unknown authorship for windows that was first appeared in the year 2008. It is also known as Downup or Downadup. This virus infects computers using flaws in the OS. Viruses are slippery by nature but Conficker was in its own category of slipperiness. This was one of the largest known worm infections to ever surface causing damage of approximately of $ 9 billion. This virus caused such consternation and panic that Microsoft created a high profile industry group to counter the virus.
This virus hit the internet in the year 2001 and the attack of Nimda worm was one of the deadliest attacks of all the internet viruses. Within 20 minutes this virus turned to be the most widespread worm around the world. It's attacked crashed thousands of systems and brought down the internet within few minutes. It also affected the user's email id and web servers and slowed down the internet speed.
The virus hit the computers in year2003. It had the ability to multiply and spread rapidly and existed only in computer memories and cannot save itself to any disk. It was as simple as shutting down your computer to remove this virus. It was the fastest spreading virus ever seen until then and the effect of this virus was so deadly that few airlines had to cancel its flights. This virus spread over four lack computers in 15 minutes.
the worst thing about Trojan virus is that it looks like a helpful software and turns out to be deadly once installed. It can come to you via some email you download or any other software or game that is programmed with Trojan virus but looks like a simple file on the internet. The unusual changes to your computer settings even when the computer is in sleep mode are the indications that your computer is attacked by Trojan. To save yourself from Trojan it is important that your antivirus software’s are up to mark.
Computer viruses are the codes that are loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and even the simplest virus can bring your computer to halt and you can lose an important information or data that was stored on your computer. The worst part is that your important data like bank details can go in hand of hacker who created the virus and you can be bankrupted within minutes.
Here are nine worst computer viruses in history:
I love you Virus:
this virus is believed to be the most dangerous virus ever created in history. This virus flooded the users with sending love you message in May 2000 it had the ability to forward itself and affect computers. To prevent the effect of I love you virus many big organizations went offline.
Mellisa Virus:
Mellisa was a popular dancer in 1999 in Florida and this virus was named after her. It did not create mass harm to computers but it overloaded the servers and slowed down their speed massively. Later the creator of this virus was jailed for causing damage to billions of dollars.
The Anna Kournikova Virus:
This virus was created by Jan de Wit, a Dutch programmer. This virus was posed as the tennis player. Jan de Wit was an obsessed admirer from the Netherlands. This virus tricked the recipients into opening messages that strongly suggested they would get a glimpse of Anna's curves. Later Jan de Wit was given a community service sentence.
CIH Virus:
stands for Chernobyl virus. This virus triggers on April 26 each year, the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It overwrites a chip inside PCs effectively paralysing the entire computer. Its author, Chen Ing Hau, was caught by the authorities in Taiwan.
Sasser virus 2004:
This virus was created by a computer science student SvenJaschan. He also created the Netsky worm came to light in the year 2004. It slows down and crashes the computer, it also made it difficult to restore computer without shutting down and powering it off. It majorly affected computers with windows. It was the worst virus for computers that were in networking as a virus on one computer could spread and affect all computers that were connected to it within minutes. This virus first attacked the computers in 2004.
Conficker virus 2008:
This virus was a worm of unknown authorship for windows that was first appeared in the year 2008. It is also known as Downup or Downadup. This virus infects computers using flaws in the OS. Viruses are slippery by nature but Conficker was in its own category of slipperiness. This was one of the largest known worm infections to ever surface causing damage of approximately of $ 9 billion. This virus caused such consternation and panic that Microsoft created a high profile industry group to counter the virus.
Nimda worm 2001:
This virus hit the internet in the year 2001 and the attack of Nimda worm was one of the deadliest attacks of all the internet viruses. Within 20 minutes this virus turned to be the most widespread worm around the world. It's attacked crashed thousands of systems and brought down the internet within few minutes. It also affected the user's email id and web servers and slowed down the internet speed.
Slammer:
The virus hit the computers in year2003. It had the ability to multiply and spread rapidly and existed only in computer memories and cannot save itself to any disk. It was as simple as shutting down your computer to remove this virus. It was the fastest spreading virus ever seen until then and the effect of this virus was so deadly that few airlines had to cancel its flights. This virus spread over four lack computers in 15 minutes.
Trojan:
the worst thing about Trojan virus is that it looks like a helpful software and turns out to be deadly once installed. It can come to you via some email you download or any other software or game that is programmed with Trojan virus but looks like a simple file on the internet. The unusual changes to your computer settings even when the computer is in sleep mode are the indications that your computer is attacked by Trojan. To save yourself from Trojan it is important that your antivirus software’s are up to mark.