Development of a Computer Virus

Computer virus is an application which can replicate itself in a computer network, is destructive and has the ability to infect other files to have the same qualities as himself. The virus will change the size of the infected program without changing the modification date of the application.


History of computer viruses:

In 1949, John von Newman, who created the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC), presented a paper entitled "Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata." In his paper discussed the possibility of a program that can spread by itself.


Year 1960, experts in the lab BELL (AT & T)-a world's largest laboratories that have produced a lot of things in the world of computer-trying to implement the theory expressed by john v Neuman.They toyed with the theory to a type of game. In between their rest time, the researchers make a game with a program that can destroy your opponent artificial program, the ability to fix themselves and then standing behind the opponent's attack. This game program can also reproduce themselves automatically. This program is called Core War War, the winner is the owner of the program remains highest in a particular time interval. Well aware of the dangers of the program leaked out when the lab (especially because C and C is one of the high-level programming language - easy to learn), then every game is completed, the program has always been destroyed.

Year 1970, Xerox introduced a program used to assist the smooth working.

1980, the program that had been used as a game of 'dangerous' is finally out of the lab, spread beyond the lab environment, and started circulating in cyberspace.

1981, A Virus of the same name with the author, Elk Cloner, was born in the TEXAS A & M. Spread through Apple II floppy disk that has the operating system. The destroyer was mendisplay message on the screen: "It will of get on all your disks It will of infiltrate your-chips-yes it is Cloner!-It will of stick to you like glue It will from Modify RAM-too-send in the Cloner!".

3 November 1983, Len Adleman inaugurate a "virus" in a seminar that discusses how to create viruses and protect yourself from viruses.

1986, Brain Virus (also known as viral Pakistan), widespread in Indonesia, is the most appalling Virus dikala it. Because of the enormous spread that this year it was mentioned by some people of Indonesia as the early emergence of computer viruses. The birth of this virus was also together with [PC-Write Trojan] and [Vindent].

In 1988, appeared a massive attack against Machintosh by viruses [MacMag] & [scores]. At this year's Internet network is also an all-out got beat by an artificial worm Robert Morris, Jr., a student of Computer Science at Cornell.

In 1989 there are people who spread the crank file "AIDS information program" and unfortunately, so this file is opened, which is obtained instead of info about AIDS, but a virus that encrypts the hard drive and demand payment for the opening code.

Year 1990 Bulgarian virus factory exchange (VX) BBS was established. Tips-tricks-making computer virus transmitted through this BBS. Mark Ludwig wrote a book called "The Little Black Book of Computer viruses." In the book discussed the steps creating computer viruses.

Year 1991, the first polymorphic virus is born.Tequila labeled virus was coming from Switzerland.

In 1992, a deadly virus that could appear to make panicked computer users. The virus was named Michelangelo. But the spread of this virus was less widespread (only eat a little victim).

Year 1995 came a massive attack. Large companies disabled, among others, Griffith Air Force Base, the Korean Atomic Research Institute, NASA, IBM and many other giant companies persecuted by the virus "THE INETRNET Liberation Front" on Thanksgiving day ~ ~.Because of the courage and severity of the attack, dubbed as the year 1995, the Hackers and Crackers. In this year also born Concept, the first macro virus that attacks Microsoft Word document.

1996, Boza, the first virus that are specific to Windows 95 was born. Laroux also emerged, the first virus that infects MS Excel. This is also the Staog, the first virus that infects Linux.

1998, Born Strange Brew, is the first Java virus.Born also Back orifice, the first Trojan that widespread, allowing unauthorized users to control other computers via the internet.

1999, Combination viruses & worms with a very sweet name was born: Melissa. Melissa is a combination of macro viruses and worms are widespread through email using Outlook weaknesses. There is also Corner, the first viruses that infect MS Project files.

Year of 2000, Appears Attacks Denial of Service (DoS) attack that crippled Yahoo, Amazon and other giants sites caused by the worm. Love Letter worm called paralyzed e-mail systems across the world. Worm Timofonica disrupt Spanish telephone network. Liberty, the first worm that attacks PDAs born. Pyrrhus, the family of concept virus infects the files HTML and PHP.

Year 2001, returned the world must face an array of worm attacks. Gnuman (Mandragore) was born.The worm masquerades as an MP3 file. Winux, worms that attack Windows and Linux machines, comes from the Czech Republic.

In 2002, the LFM-926, was born the first virus to infect Shockwave Flash file (. SWF). Displays a message when the file is run: "Loading.Flash.Movie ..".

Year 2003, Blaster Worm mengexploitasi weakness RPC DCOM on windows. Return the world face a massive attack. Sobig-F was recorded as the most successful viruses spread.

May 2004, the world's Internet networks disrupted by the Sasser worm.

Year 2005-2007 the new Bagle variants widespread, but then faded as the author is caught. The spread of Netsky, also increased slightly for a moment and just born new variants. In the years that this is not so much new Virus & Worm quite appalling in the world like its predecessor except the local virus attacks.

Year 2005 was apparently the world's Underground Programmer's focus on spyware.

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