5 of the Worst Computer Viruses Ever

Michael Aranda explains five of the worst computer viruses that have hit the net! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Andreas Heydeck, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Benny, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick, Fatima Iqbal, Lucy McGlasson, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Thomas J., and Patrick D. Ashmore. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Melissa: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2235008/data-center/melissa-virus-turning-10------age-of-the-stripper-unknown-.html https://www.sans.org/security-resources/idfaq/what-was-the-melissa-virus-and-what-can-we-learn-from-it/5/3 http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/malware/most-famous-virus-history-melissa/ https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/melissa.shtml http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/02/melissa.arrest.03/index.html?eref=yahoo http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/nyregion/creator-of-melissa-virus-gets-20-months-in-jail.html ILOVEYOU: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363172,00.asp http://www.bbc.com/news/10095957 http://money.cnn.com/2000/05/05/technology/loveyou/ http://motherboard.vice.com/read/love-bug-the-virus-that-hit-50-million-people-turns-15 Slammer: http://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/ https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/mssqlm.shtml http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/insidetheslammerworm03.pdf Storm Worm: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2001-060615-1534-99&tabid=2 http://www.informationweek.com/storm-worm-erupts-into-worst-virus-attack-in-2-years/d/d-id/1057418 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/infamous-storm-worm-stages-a-comeback/ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html Mebroot/Torpig: https://seclab.cs.ucsb.edu/media/uploads/papers/torpig.pdf https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/your_computer_is_now_stoned.pdf https://www.secureworks.com/research/top-banking-botnets-of-2013 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7701227.stm https://css.csail.mit.edu/6.858/2009/readings/torpig.pdf Images: Servers: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Servers-0051_18.jpg

Comments

1. I am so scared of viruses because I'm extremely gullible and dumb and would have no idea what to do
2. wtf
3. This Is Like A Intrnet of A The Virus and Dont This At Home Or In Other Places This Virus is a brutal bad virus dont do at home😐
4. Sub
5. HELP I HAVE ZEUS TROJAN VIRUS ON MY COMPUTER IM WORRIED ITS GOING TO HACK MY ACCOUNTS HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS VIRUS
6. 20% of the comments are whoa these viruses tho!
   80% of comments This dude don't blink
7. the only viruses i get i can just delete because there mostly viruses from game downloads.
8. where is MEMZ
9. I thought only Sea animals couldn't blink.
10. here is something that will drive you crazy
    
    
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11. GOOD THING I HAVE NORTON! THE BEST ANTIVIRUS
12. Where's memz?
13. The memz virus is meant as a joke though
14. MEMZ.exe is the worst one ever
15. What about MEMZ?
16. I got a virus trying to watch this 😂😂😂
17. what if the virus make the engens TOO HOT AND EXPLODS.(rong)
18. do you even blink
19. Echo OFF
    
    .exec melroom.dll
    { script local melroom.dll
    del echo.dll }
    
    { net in
    
    exec melroom.dll }
    
    idk what I just did >;(
20. But what about prince admir II who chose me at random for a million dollar prize.