Computer viruses are a big nightmare that can disrupt your PC\u2019s performance, they are designed to corrupt your machine.<\/p>\n
Here are the most dangerous computer viruses of all time:<\/strong><\/p>\n Code Red<\/strong> – taking advantage of the Microsoft Internet Information Server\u2019s flaw, Code Red spread on the network servers in 2001, it didn\u2019t need you to open an email attachment or execute a file; it just required an active Internet connection with which it ruined the Web page that you opened by displaying a text Hacked by Chinese!\u00a0<\/strong>This virus devastated nearly $2.6 billion dollars by hitting almost one million PCs in less than a week\u2019s time, the virus brought down over 400,000 servers that included the White House Web server as well.<\/p>\n ILOVEYOU<\/strong> – virus managed to wreck PCs all across the world. Infecting almost 10% of the world\u2019s PCs connected to the Internet, the virus caused a total damage of around $10 billion. The virus apparently got transmitted via email Love-Letter-For-You.TXT.vbs. The moment someone opened the file, the virus emailed itself to the first 50 contacts available in the PC\u2019s Windows address book.<\/p>\n Melissa<\/strong> – built by David L, Melissa became the breaking news on March 26, 1999, was spread in the form of an email attachment by the name list.doc<\/strong>. FBI arrested David L and slapped him with a fine of $5000 for creating the wildest virus of its time.<\/p>\n My Doom<\/strong> – hit the malware world in 2004. Infecting somewhere around two million PCs. It transmitted itself via email, a receiver would first consider a bounced error message that read Mail Transaction Failed<\/strong>. This mass mailer worm caused a damage of almost $38 billion.<\/p>\n Sasser<\/strong> – Sasser was a Windows worm that was discovered in 2004, it would\u00a0<\/strong>slow down and crash the PC, making it even hard to reset without cutting the power. Millions of PCs being infected and crucial, significant infrastructure affected. The worm played on a buffer overflow susceptibility in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) that monitors the safety policy of local accounts causing crashes to the PC, resulting in over a million infections. This included critical infrastructures, such as new agencies, hospitals, airlines, and public transportation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Computer viruses are a big nightmare that can disrupt your PC\u2019s performance, they are designed to corrupt your machine. Here<\/p>\n