Nimda worm
Exploiting multiple Microsoft vulnerabilities, the
Nimda worm severely compromises the security of
infected systems.
Code Red II
Code Red II affects unpatched Microsoft IIS web
servers and can disrupt unpatched Cisco routers.
Code Red
Taking advantage of a buffer overrun vulnerability,
Code Red affects web servers running Microsoft IIS
only.
SirCam virus
A mass-mailing email worm with random payloads,
SirCam affects Microsoft Windows users only.
Lion Worm (Linux)
The Lion worm is similar to the Ramen virus but
significantly more dangerous. The Lion worm affects
Linux machines running the BIND DNS server, versions
8.2, 8.2-P1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2-Px, and all 8.2.3-betas.
Magistr Virus
The virus has a malicious payload that can erase
information found in the system BIOS and destroy
sectors on the hard drive as well. Affects Windows
32-bit systems only.
Klez Worm
According to F-Secure,
Klez is a mass-mailer
worm which drops a
polymporphic EXE virus
called ElKern. The
e-mails sent by Klez can
have a wide variety of
different subject
fields, the email body
is blank, and the
attachment name varies.
Vote Worm
Masquerading as a means
to vote for peace
between America and
Islam, this mass-mailing
worm deletes files and
reformats Windows
systems.
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BadTrans.b
A new variant of the
BadTrans virus has
emerged. BadTrans.B is a
mass-mailer and
keystroke-stealing
Trojan combined. Affects
Microsoft® Windows users
only.
Aliz worm
Aliz may be one of the
smallest Win32 infectors
to date. Weighing in at
only 4Kb, Aliz randomly
composes its infection
carrying email from five
lists of options and
then sends itself using
the system's defaults
SMTP server.
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NakedWife
Posing as a Flash movie
entitled "NakedWife.exe"
this Visual Basic worm
deletes BMP, .COM, .DLL,
.EXE, and .INI files
from the WINDOWS and
WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directories and
mass-mails itself to
recipients in the
Windows Address book.
MyBabyPic
MyBabyPic, aka Myba, is
disguised as an animated
baby with adult
overtones. The animation
and delayed (but
malicious) payload, may
fool users into
believing it's
legitimate and therefore
helping the spread by
sending it on to others.
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