Navigation Drive-by Downloads Firewalls And Proxies History Of Computer Viruses 1989-1999 History Of Computer Viruses Since 2001 Spyware Overview By Akanett Web Publishing Imagine a program that watches your computer undetected, un-noticed.It sits in memory, watching everything the computer does--the websites it displays, the passwords used to get into Read more... Accurate knowledge properly applied is power. Austin Akalanze, Webmaster Garland, Texas USA  Online spyware removal You can get totally free spyware removal at Microsoft's  online spyware removal utility Onecare Spyware Removal By Akanett Web Publishing After the flurry of viruses that haunted 2001, 2002 was amazingly quiet. Unfortunately, 2003 took off again.January saw the SQL Slammer worm infect over 75,000 systems in about ten Read more...   History of Computer Viruses since 1989-1999 By Akanett Web Publishing Robert Morris’s Internet Worm of 1988 was the biggest news in virus history for several years. Until 1992, most virus news was much quieter. In 1989, for example, Ghostball was released. This was the first virus able to attack different kinds of targets. Before Ghostball, viruses were classified by their attack, like “file infector” or “boot sector virus.” Ghostball was the first Multipartite virus, because it could follow several attack patterns. In 1990, a programmer named Mark Washburn demonstrated a Polymorphic virus.called 1260. This virus could actually change the structure of it’s own code—meaning, every time it infected a new system, it looked different while doing the same thing. In effect, this kind of virus “hides” from anti-virus software by wearing disguises. Michelangelo was the first virus to achieve stardom. It was discovered in 1991, and was predicted to cause incredible amounts of damage when it reached it’s trigger date, March 6th, 1992 (March 6th is Michelangelo’s birthday). If an infected system is booted on March 6th, the virus will erase the hard drive. Despite doomsday warnings made by the press and the antivirus industry of “at least five million infected systems at risk,” only about 10,000-20,000 computers worldwide were hit by the virus. The Concept virus was discovered in 1995. Concept is short for “Proof of Concept,” and it was designed to show how viruses could be written in the macro language programmed into Microsoft Word. By 2004, roughly 75% of all viruses are macro viruses. The CIH virus, later renamed “Chernobyl,” appeared in 1998. This was a very damaging virus that was not only programmed to erase hard drives but also tried to erase BIOS chips. For the first time in history, a virus had managed to actually damage the hardware it was running on. Fortunately, CIH wasn’t very good at it, and only damaged a handful of systems. You can find out more about Adware and other information and tips on Computer Viruses history on this website Please subscribe to our newsletter Spywarefree. Your privacy is important to us. We will never share nor rent out your email. eMail address: First Name: Fix registry error and computer crashes! Remove harmful adware, spyware, trojan, dialers. Free trial ! Instant PC Repair with Error Doctor! Fix system slow downs and dll error ! Download free error nuker! Spyware|Adware alert and Remover! Clean your windows registry!  Remove hidden Spyware and adware permanently! Anti Virus protection and virus removal! The Most trusted Spyware and Adware removal software! Accurate Spyware and Adware knowledge, properly applied is power over malware. You can enhance your knowledge of adware and spyware and other malicious softwares such as dialers and browser hijackers. You now have the power. Use it. Here are your links again. Pages : 0 1 2 3 4 5  Home Directory   Spyware Articles script                 script   script                                                                                    Copyright © 2006. Allspywarefree.com All Rights Reserved