A worm unleashed in the summer of 1999 that infected Microsoft Exchange mail servers. It replied to each incoming message with "Hi <sender name>! I received your email and will send you a reply ASAP.

Top on that list, and accounting for over half of 2004's virus attacks, was the Netsky worm family ... a worrying lack of concern for their PC's health." Other viruses and worms in 2004's parade ...

The first known mobile phone virus was called Cabir ... which was commonly used in Nokia smartphones at the time. Cabir was a worm that spread via Bluetooth, and while it wasn't particularly ...

Aimed at the IBM PC, the Brain virus only slowed down the floppy disk drive and did no other damage. By replacing the boot sector in the floppy disk, a message would display claiming infection and ...

In June 2004, security researchers were sent copies of the first mobile virus, Cabir, a worm that infected the Symbian ... Connect your phone, and you infected your PC. New decade, new platforms ...

The Melissa virus is named after the virus author's favorite exotic dancer. It's a worm that infects Word documents and spreads through email as an attachment. If an attachment containing the ...