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List of computer viruses - Definition and Overview |
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To aid the fight against viruses and other malware many security advisory organizations
and developers of anti-virus software compile and publish lists of viruses. While from a user
perspective a single list of viruses would make sense no definitive list currently exists.
Naming
One fundamental fact that makes the compilation of a unified list of viruses difficult is naming.
When a new virus appears, the rush begins to identify and understand it as well as develop appropriate
counter-measures to stop its propagation. Along the way, a name is attached to the virus. As the
developers of anti-virus software compete partly based on how quickly they react to the new threat
they usually study and name the viruses independently. By the time it is identified which names
denote the same virus the different names have been used enough to stay around.
Another source of ambiguity in names is that sometimes a virus initially identified as a
completely new virus is found to be a variation of an earlier known virus, in which
cases it is often renamed. For example, the second variation of the Sobig worm was initially
called Palyh but later renamed Sobig.b. Again, depending on how quickly this happens the old name
may persist.
Scope
In terms of scope, there are two major variants: the list of "in-the-wild" viruses, which list viruses
in active circulation, and lists of all known viruses, which also contain viruses believed
not be in active circulation (also called "zoo viruses"). The sizes are vastly different, in-the-wild
lists contain a few hundred viruses but full lists contain tens of thousands.
List of viruses and related programs
A
B
- B Ugly virus
- B-52 virus
- B3 virus
- BA101 virus
- Back Time virus
- Bad Boy virus
- Bad Brains virus
- Bad Command virus
- Bad Guy virus
- Bad Sectors 1.2 virus
- Bad-389 virus
- Bagle worm
- Bak virus
- Bamestra virus
- Banana virus
- Bandit virus
- Baobab 731 virus
- Barcelona virus
- Barrotes 2 virus
- Barrotes virus
- Benoit virus
- Berlin virus
- Best Wishes virus
- Beta virus
- Beva-32 virus
- Beva-33 virus
- Beva-96 virus
- Beware virus
- BFD virus
- Big 2000 virus
- Bit Addict virus
- Black Knight virus
- Black Monday virus
- Blackjack virus
- Blaster worm
- Blaze virus
- Bljec virus
- Blood Lust virus
- Blood Rage virus
- Blood virus
- Blood-2 virus
- Bob virus
- Brotherhood virus
- Brothers virus
- Bryansk virus
- Bubbles 2 virus
- Bubbles virus
- Bubonic virus
- Budo virus
- Burger virus
- Burghofer virus
- Busted virus
- Butterfly virus
- Butthole virus
C
- C virus
- Caco-Daemon virus
- C-A-D virus
- CAD Kill virus
- Caribe
- CaroEvil virus
- Cartuja virus
- Casc-2 virus
- Casc1621 virus
- Cascade virus
- Casino virus
- Casper virus
- Casteggio virus
- Catphish virus
- (c)Brain
- CB-1530
- CD virus
- CD-10 virus
- Century virus
- CFSK virus
- CIH virus
- Civil Service virus
- Civil War virus
- Civil War II virus
- Civil War III virus
- Civil War IV virus
- Civil War V virus
- CkSum virus
- Code Red worm
- Color virus
- Com16850 virus
- Com2S virus
- CPXK virus
- CRF virus
- CSL virus
- CV4 virus
- Chr-869 virus
D
- Demolition virus
- Demon virus
- Den Zuk virus
- Dennis virus
- Deranged virus
- Diablo virus
- Dial virus
- Dima virus
- Disk Killer virus
- Dismember virus
- Dodo 2456 virus
- Dodo virus
E
- Earthday virus
- Elk Cloner c. 1982, The first virus observed "in the wild"
F
- FamC virus
- FamD virus
- FamE virus
- FamH virus
- FamJ virus
- FamM virus
- FamN virus
- FamQ virus
- FamR virus
- FamS virus
- FamV1 virus
- FamV2 virus
- FamV3 virus
- FamV4 virus
- Family Q virus
- Farcus virus
- Father Christmas virus
- Faust virus
- Fax Free virus
- Fear virus
- Feist virus
- Fellowship virus
- Fich virus
- Fich897 virus
- Filedate virus
- Filename virus
- Filler virus
- Fingers virus
- Finn-357 virus
- Fish 1100 virus
- Fish 2 virus
- Fish 2420 virus
- Fish Boot virus
- Fish virus
- Flagyll virus
- Flash virus
- Fratricide virus
- Free virus
- Frere Jacques virus
- Fri13-nz virus
- Friday 13th COM virus
- Friday 13th virus
- Friday the 13th - Version A virus
- Frodo Soft virus
- Frodo-458 virus
- Frogs virus
- Fu Manchu virus
- Fune virus
- Futhark virus
- Fvhs-B virus
- Fvhs-a virus
G
- G virus
- Galicia virus
- Ganeu virus
H
- Hary virus
- Hastings virus
- Hate virus
- Heevahava virus
- Hello virus
- Hellween 1182 virus
- Hellween virus
- Holo/Holocaust virus
- Huge virus
- Hybrid virus
- Hydra virus
- Hymn virus
- Here Virus
- Hero Virus
- Hero-394 Virus
- Hi Virus
- Highland Virus
- Hiperion Virus
- Hitchcock Virus
- Hitler Virus
- Holland Girl Virus
- Hybris
J
- John virus
- Joke virus
- Joker virus
- Joker-1602 virus
- Joker3 virus
- Jos virus
- Joshi virus
- Joshua virus
- June1530 virus
- Justice virus
K
L
- L1 virus
- LCV virus
- LPT-OFF virus
- Label virus
- Lanc virus
- Lanc5476 virus
- Lanc5882 virus
- Larry virus
- Lazy virus
- Leapfrog virus
- Leech virus
- Lehigh virus
- Lenart virus
- Leper AOD virus
- Les virus
- Lib1172 Virus
- Liberty Virus
- Liquid Code - 2 Virus
- Liquid Code Virus
- Lisbon Virus
- Little Brother 299 Virus
- Little Brother 349 Virus
- Little Brother 361 Virus
- Little Brother Virus
- Little Girl Virus
- Little Pieces Virus
- Little Virus
- LiXi Virus
- LixoNuke Virus
- Loveletter virus
M
- Magnitogorski 3 Virus
- Magnum Virus
- Malage Virus
- Malaise Virus
- Malign Virus
- Malmsey Habitat v3.b Virus
- Malmsey2 Virus
- Malsmsey Virus
- Maltese Amoeba Virus
- Mannequin Virus
- Manola Virus
- Manta Virus
- Marauder Virus
- Mardi Bros . Virus
- Marijuana Virus
- Mark II Virus
- McWhale virus
- Melissa - c. 1999, part macro virus and part worm
- Mem Lapse 323 virus
- Mem Lapse 375 virus
- Michelangelo
- Michelangelo - D virus
- Michelangelo - E virus
- Michelangelo II virus
- Mindless Virus
- Mini Virus
- Mini-125 Virus
- Mini-132 Virus
- Mini-195 Virus
- Mini-207 Virus
- Minimax Virus
- Minimite Virus
- Morris worm
- Mr. G virus
- Mr. Vir virus
- Msk virus
- Multi virus
- Multi-11 virus
- Multi-2 virus
- Murphy virus
- Music Bug virus
- Mutant virus
- Mutating Interrupt virus
- Mutation Engine virus
- Mydoom - c. 2004, fastest spread to date
N
- Nazi virus
- Necro virus
- Necrophilia virus
- Netsky worm
- New Sunday virus
- New Zealand virus
- New-1701 virus
- NewBug virus
- No Par virus
- No Wedensday virus
- No-Int virus
- NoCopy virus
- Not-586 virus
- Nov17 virus
- Null virus
- Number 6 virus
- Number of The Beast virus
- Nygus-KL virus
O
- Offspring virus
- Ohio virus
- Omt virus
- Off Stealth virus
- Ontario 3 virus
- Ontario virus
P
- Page virus
- Page B virus
- Parity B virus
- Payday virus
- Popular virus
- Porridge virus
- P-45 virus
- P1 virus
- P529 virus
- PA-5792 virus
- PC Flu virus
- PCBB11 virus
- PCBB3072 virus
- PCBB5B virus
- PCV virus
- PE2 virus
- PI virus
- PL virus
- PLO virus
R
- Romanian virus
- Russian Tiny virus
- Ricky Chaplin virus(fake)
S
- S-847 virus
- SBC virus
- SCT virus
- Sabath virus
- Sacramento virus
- Saddam virus
- Sadist virus
- Sair virus
- San Diego virus
- Sandra virus
- Sandwich virus
- Saratoga virus
- Saturday virus
- Saturday 14th virus
- Sasser worm
- SCA virus
- Semtex virus
- Sentinel virus
- Sentinel-X virus
- Seoul virus
- Serena virus
- Sergeant virus
- Sh virus
- Shadow virus
- Shake virus
- Shaman virus
- Shanghai virus
- Shiny Happy virus
- Shock Therapy virus
- Sircam worm
- Silence virus
- Silly Willy virus
- Silver Dollar virus
- Silver3b virus
- Simple 1992 virus
- Simulati virus
- Sis virus
- SQR virus
- SRE virus
- SVC 5.0/6.0 virus
- SVir virus
- SX virus
- Sk virus
- Sk1 virus
- Skeleton virus
- Skew 469 virus
- Skism 808 virus
- Skism virus
- Sobig worm
- Sov virus
- Soyun virus
- Spanish April Fool virus
- Spanish virus
- Spanz virus
- Spar virus
- Spyer virus
- SQL slammer worm
- Squawk virus
- Squeaker virus
- Squisher virus
- Staf virus
- Stahl Platte virus
- Striker virus
- Stupid virus
- Subliminal virus
- Suicidal virus
- Suicide virus
- Sunday virus
- Sunday-2 virus
- Sundevil virus
- Suriv 402 virus
- Suriv A virus
- Suriv B virus
- Surrender virus
- Susan virus
- Sverdlov virus
- Swap Boot virus
- Swiss 143 virus
- Swiss Chees Air
- Swiss Phoenix virus
- Sylvia virus
- Sys virus
- Syslock/3551 virus
T
- T-1 virus
- T-series virus
- T297 virus
- TMTM virus
- TP virus
- TU-482 virus
- Tabulero 2 virus
- Tabulero virus
- Taiwan virus
- Taiwan3 virus
- Taiwan4 virus
- Telecom Boot virus
- Telecom File virus
- Telekom virus
- Teletype virus
- Teletype-2 virus
- Terror virus
- Tester virus
- Tremor2 Virus
- TridenT Virus
- Triple Shot Virus
- Troi Two Virus
- Troi Virus
- Tuesday Virus
- Tula Virus
- Tumen V0.5 Virus
- Tumen V2.0 Virus
- Tumen Virus
- Turbo virus
- Twin Peaks virus
- Twin-351 virus
U
- Ucender Virus
- Ugur virus
- Undressed virus
- Unk virus
- Uriel virus
- Uruk 300 virus
- Uruk 361 virus
- Uruk-Hai virus
- USSR virus
- USSR 1049 virus
- USSR 2144 virus
- USSR 256 virus
- USSR 257 virus
- USSR 3103 virus
- USSR 311 virus
- USSR 394 virus
- USSR-394 virus
- USSR 492 virus
- USSR 516 virus
- USSR 600 virus
- USSR 696 virus
- USSR 707 virus
- USSR 711 virus
- USSR 830 virus
- USSR 948 virus
V
- V1 0 virus
- V1 1 virus
- V1028 virus
- V125 virus
- V1463 virus
- V163 virus
- V1-Not virus
- V2 0 virus
- V2000 virus
- V2100 virus
- V270X virus
- V299 virus
- V2P2 virus
- V2P6 virus
- V-351 virus
- V-388 virus
- V400 virus
- V483 virus
- V5 virus
- V600 virus
- V800 virus
- V801 virus
- V82 virus
- V914 virus
- V961 virus
- VA virus
- Vacsina virus
- VBS/Loveletter
- VCL virus
- VCL-HEEvE virus
- Vcomm virus
- VCS virus
- VDV-853 virus
- VHP virus
- VHP-2 virus
- V-Label virus
- VM virus
- VP virus
- VTS virus
- VVF-34 virus
- Venge-E virus
- Vera Cruz virus
- Victor virus
- Vienna/648 virus
- Vietnamese virus
- Violator virus
- Viper virus
- Viperizer B virus
- Viral Messiah virus
- Virdem virus
- Virflop virus
- virus-101 virus
- virus-90 virus
- Voco virus
- Vootie virus
- Voronezh virus
- Vote/Vote1000 virus
- Vriest virus
W
- W13 virus
- WAVE virus
- WWT virus
- Walkabout virus
- Walker virus
- Warez virus
- Warrior 2 virus
- Warrior virus
- Weak virus
- Whale virus
- Wharps virus
- WhoCares virus
- Why win virus
- Wilbur 3 virus
- Wild Thing A virus
- Willistrover III virus
- Willow virus
- Willow 2 virus
- Windmill virus
- Winvir virus
- Wisconsin virus
- Wizard 3.0 virus
- Wolfman virus
- Wonder virus
- Word Atom Macro virus
- Word Color Macro virus
- Word Concept Macro virus
- Word Hot Macro virus
- Wordswap virus
- World Peace virus
- worm virus
X
- X-1 virus
- X-2 virus
- X-3A virus
- X-3B virus
- X77 virus
- Xabaras virus
- Xpeh virus
- XTAC virus
- Xuxa virus
Y
- Yale virus
- Yan2505a virus
- Yankee virus
- Yankee - 2 virus
- Yap virus
- Year 1993 virus
- Youth virus
- Yukon virus
Z
- Z10 virus
- ZK900 virus
- ZRK virus
- ZU1 virus
- Zak2 virus
- Zaragosa virus
- Zeppelin virus
- Zero Bug virus
- Zero Time virus
- ZeroHunt virus
- Zombie virus
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