List of computer worms

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Name Alias(es) Type Subtype Isolation Date Isolation Origin Author Notes
Badtrans Installs a keylogger; distributes logged information
Bagle Beagle
Blaster Lovesan Targeted to Bill Gates; contained message "billy gates why do you make this possible ? Stop making money and fix your software!!"
Brontok W32/Rontokbro.gen@MM, W32.Rontokbro@mm, BackDoor.Generic.1138, W32/Korbo-B, Worm/Brontok.a, Win32.Brontok.A@mm, Worm.Mytob.GH, W32/Brontok.C.worm, and Win32/Brontok.E, W32.Rontokbro.D@mm. Spread through an Indonesian e-mail headed with "stop the collapse in this country"; destroys firewalls
Code Red Defaced websites with "Hacked by Chinese!"
Code Red II Exploited Microsoft Internet Information Server security holes.
Dabber
Doomjuice Attacks computers which have previously been infected by the Mydoom worm.
ExploreZip I-Worm.ZippedFiles June 6, 1999 Spread through zipped documents in a spam e-mail.
Father Christmas HI.COM
Hybris Snow White, Full Moon, Vecna.22528 Brazil Vecna Spreads through an e-mail from "haha@sexyfun.net"
Hydra Loveletter, LoveBug Hong Kong Michael Buen(possibly)
ILOVEYOU
Klez
Mabutu
Melissa Simpsons, Kwyjibo, Kwejeebo March 26, 1999 Not originally intended as harmful, but crashed servers by flooding them with e-mail
Morris Robert Tappan Morris The first computer worm, written to gauge the size of the Internet. It unintentionally slowed and crashed computers.
Mydoom W32.MyDoom@mm, Novarg, Mimail.R, Shimgapi January 26, [2004]] Fastest-spreading e-mail worm known; used to attack SCO Group.
Mylife W32.MyLife.C@mm [1]
Netsky February 18, 2004 Germany Sven Jaschan
Nimda September 2001 Suspected to be connected to Al Qaeda because of release date; uses multiple infection vectors
Sadmind May 8, 2001
Sasser Big One April 30, 2004 Sven Jaschan
Sircam Spread through e-mail with text like "I send you this file in order to have your advice."
Sober CME-681, WORM_SOBER.AG October 24, 2003 Germany, possibly from National Democratic Party of Germany Was disguised as e-mail from United States government.
Sobig Also a Trojan horse because it appeared to be a non-malware program.
SQL slammer DDOS.SQLP1434.A, the Sapphire Worm, SQL_HEL, W32/SQLSlammer Caused global Internet slowdown
Swen
Supernova Worm Supova Poses as files relating to video games Quake and Grand Theft Auto; attacks Christian websites
Upering Annoyer.B, Sany July 22, 2003
W32/Bolgimo.worm
W32/Fus.worm
W32/IRCbot.worm!
WANK OILZ Spread a pacifist, anti-nuclear political message
Welchia Nachia A helpful worm meant to install security patches.
Witty Appeared very rapidly after announcement of Internet Security Systems vulnerability
Zotob Farid Essebar and Atilla Ekici

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