A Timeline of Malicious Code Sean Watts Department of Computer Science Clemson University As a partial requirement for CP SC 620.

What is Malicious Code  Software intended to cause undesired effects, security breaches or damage to a system.  Malicious code describes a broad category of system security terms  Worms.  Trojan horses  Attack scripts  Viruses INTRODUCTION

Timeline of Malicious Code 1983 The term "computer virus" is proposed

Timeline of Malicious Code 1986 The ‘Brain’ begins to ‘think’ Brain virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 1987 The Lehigh virus discovered at Lehigh University Lehigh virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 1988 The Morris Worm wriggles on ARPANET Morris worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 1990 Symantec launches Norton Norton anti-virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 1995 A new ‘Concept’ Concept virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 1999 Melissa, have you seen her ? Melissa virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 2000 ‘Love’ spreads around the world ILoveYou Virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 2001 ‘Anna’ goes beyond the court Anna virus

Timeline of Malicious Code 2001 Code Red !!! Code Red Worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 2003 You’ve been Slammered Slammer worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 2004 We are all DOOMED ! MyDoom worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 2004 Sasser Sasser worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 2005 Zotob Zotob worm

Timeline of Malicious Code 2006 Too Much Horse Power Trojan horse

Timeline of Malicious Code 2007 A ‘Storm’ is brewing Storm worm

Conclusion Malicious code has been around for a long time. Users should be mindful of the harm viruses can cause a computer system. Malicious code are a clear and present danger. Venture into cyberspace with care and caution

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