THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER VIRUSESTHE FACTS AND STATS ARE BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT COMPUTER VIRUSES

Creeper,Reaper and Rabbi were found in this era.

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Virus named Elk Clonerspread in 1981.It is said to be the FIRST WILD VIRUS.

In 1986 Brain and Virdem spread widely on the popular MS-DOS PC system.

Pervading Animal also spread in 1975 .

Lehigh,Cascade and Suriv-02 were reported in 1987.

Macmag,Score and internet wormattacked in1988.

AIDS trojan was creating problems in 1989.It was disguise as AIDS information program.

V291 virus attacked AT&T long-distance switching system in1990.

Tequila was the �rst serious polymorphic virus came in 1991.

Michealangelo was the �rst media darling.DAME and VCL were also causing damage in 1992.

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Stealth_boot PMBS was spreading through �oppy disks in 1993.

1995 was year of the Hackers, and a virus named Concept.

Melissa, Corner, Win95.SK, Tristate and Bubbleboy were out there in 1999. In 2000 Love Letter

worm was shutting down E-mail systems around the world.

In 2001“Simpsons Worm” used Outlook Express or Entourage on the Macintosh to spread via E-mail to address book entries.

In 2002 LFM-926, Donut, Sharp-A, SQLSpider spread. SQLSpider was unique in that it attacked installations running Microsoft SQL Server.

In 2003, Sobig a worm spread, that carried its own SMTP mail program and used Windows network shares to spread.

Bropia, Troj/BankAsh, Commwarrior were reported in 2005. Commwarrior was a mobile phone worm which spread via MMS messaging

Inqtana.A, Bagoly,Macarena, Grey Goo Attack were seen in 2006.Inqtana.A was a Mac worm.

In 2007 Agent.BKY, iPod Linux Virus, TI.Tigraa.a, SB.Badbunny were witnessed.

SymbOS/Beselo.A were reported in 2008. This worm can infect Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72 phones (and maybe others).

Ikee was the �rst iPhone worm which was reported in 2009.

Cases of W32.Fakeupver.trojan, PDF Virus were reported in 2010.It targeted Adobe Softwares.

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In 1996Boza targeted Windows 95 �leswhile Laroux was the �rst Excel macro virus. In 1998 Strange

Brew & Back Ori�ce were reported.Strange Brew was the �rst Java virus.

In 2004 Trojan.Xombe was sent out to a wide audience.