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List of trojan horses was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 February 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Timeline of computer viruses and worms. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Deleting 1979 "Millersville" entry

This entry (1) has no verifiable references, (2) reads like pure BS, (3) was inserted by a deleted user who (4) added +2,047 characters and marked it m (see revision), and (5) is currently tagged with {{unreferenced|section|date=April 2015}}. If this virus/worm was real and notable, please revert and add verifiable sources. Niubrad (talk) 23:25, 16 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

early discussion of virus in computer fiction

"The Adolescence of P1" was a short story about the Trojan/Virus called "P1" that existed on 1970's series mainframes. It would make a good insertion point here if I could find a good subtopic to put it in. I'll look for an Internet reference to the short story. Jstdadd (talk) 19:01, 16 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

virus on the iss

someone should mention the first virus that went to space, infecting the computers of the international space station --SquallLeonhart_ITA (talk) 13:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you've got a reliable source, put it in. James.Denholm^{Talk to me...} 04:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very poor coverage of Mac viruses 1988-1995

Mac viruses were enough of an issue in the early days that numerous anti-virus products were available, ranging from the free Disinfectant for Mac to Symantec Antivirus for Macintosh (aka SAM Intercept). Apple went so far as to put code block checksums into the OS and several Claris applications (and fund John Norstad's continued development of Disinfectant) which probably helped contribute to the current relative safety of the Mac ecosystem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.142.226 (talk) 06:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Mac Zealots--probably people on Steve Jobs' staff, keep REMOVING references to the Mac OS Virus problem 76.126.238.69 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Agreed. I used to regularly remove WDEF (a floppy-based macintosh virus) circa 1991 in a large enterprise environment. For a more objective, secondary source, view McAfee's site ^[1]. They even mention Virex, which is a macintosh antivirus product we used to use, back in the day. WDEF became extinct because the version of MacOS it ran on became obsolete. Jfbrown42 (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99862.htm

NPOV! Article is HEAVILY biased

Prior to OSX, the Mac was a festering cesspool of viruses. Even more so because the Mac community was insular and piracy vs bbs systems was rampant. Yet there's NOT ONE MENTION of Mac OS viruses. This is why the Wikipedia has no credibility 76.126.238.69 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:23, 28 January 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Agree about OS 7 to OS9 having many exploits in the past. It can also be argued that by not pointing out that viruses have been virtually non-existent since OSX was introduced a decade ago that the article leans toward the view that Macs get viruses. Since Apple's market share was smaller when they had more malware, the often repeated statement that as Macs gain popularity they will become targets doesn't sound logical. There have only been a few widespread instances beyond proof of concept, social engineered malware or pirated software exploits with the current operating system.22yearswothanks (talk) 16:00, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger

I will be merging content from List of trojan horses over the next few days, consensus to achieve this can be found here. I will also be archiving both this page and the Trojan list talk page here as well. Assistance is always appreciated. — Ched (talk) 03:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No refs found to date following files:

Insurrection (trojan horse)
Micro Bill Systems (company claims to be reputable - Symantec disputes, will detail later)

— Ched ~ ^(yes?) 04:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These don't indicate any dates in the articles:

Merger is now complete.--Sloane (talk) 18:41, 1 March 2009 (UTC) dug up ref for vundo, zonebac not worth the bother. — Ched ~ ^(yes?) 19:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Rename / Move

Somewhere down the road here we're going to have to discuss renaming / moving this article to "Timeline of notable computer malware" (redirect to be left in place). The floor is now open ;) — Ched (talk) 04:05, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well we have to find the year each of the trojan horses listed were discovered. TechOutsider (talk) 05:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider[reply]

Been doing that as I merge them over - but you bring up a bigger point, it should be referenced for ALL the items on this list. — Ched (talk) 05:47, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It'll be easier if you just delete all the trojan horses articles without any references. Then you'll be down to about 3. TechOutsider (talk) 16:03, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider[reply]

I've only found one so far that I couldn't find a reference to, I put it on the talk page. — Ched ~ ^(yes?) 03:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What about Zeus

Zues seems to be missing from the list and is one of the big ones out there.

Zeus started out in 2007 as a password&Bank account stealer and evolved on from there. It was the first trojan to sell parts of it's infrastructure directly to customers, thus creating the first "CaaS" (Crimeware as a Service) scheme.

Assaf

Well, you know, if you've got a source, be bold! James.Denholm^{Talk to me...} 07:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conficker

I've been doing some reading-up on the Conficker worm because I was wondering if I could find enough sources to add it to the list, since it seems significant enough, but based on what I've found the situation around Conficker seems to be too complicated and multi-faceted for a relative computer-security greenhorn like myself.

Anyone feeling inspired to look in to it, or to give me some directions / tips as to how I could coordinate my own investigation? Kinzarr (talk) 16:13, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ties to vulnerabilities

I am interested in knowing which vulnerabilities in Windows were exploited for each virus, along with the security updates that Microsoft released for each. Although I think I see that the majority were trojans exploiting the user's naivety. Campoftheamericas (talk) 05:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brontok

How come Brontok does not appear on this list? It even has it's own wikipedia entry and it is still on the wild. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.171.106.215 (talk) 06:41, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but not by me. Brontok variant N is listed as "Late March 2006". --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 14:22, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hacking and destruction of PlayStation Network, 2011

What about the time the PlayStation Network was hacked and destroyed? --99.163.133.132 (talk) 01:34, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that was as a result of malware. MC3craze (talk) 14:59, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Heartbleed

Apparently this page lists Heartbleed as a virus. It's not a virus or worm per se, but is a bug. I think that it should be removed from the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegreatgrabber (talk • contribs) 05:03, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Which one moved/hid all a user's files?

A few years ago there was a big outbreak of a malware that moved and hid most of the files on Windows, clearing off the Desktop and if you looked at the C: drive in Explorer there appeared to be almost nothing on the drive, but checking the Properties would show much of the space in use. Removing the malware was somewhat difficult but once taken out the folders and files it moved could be restored to their proper locations. There were some freeware utilities available to move the folders and files. IIRC it operated as scareware on the web, opening a popup saying the system was infected, then clicking the button to "scan" the computer would download and install the malware. What was that malware? Bizzybody (talk) 08:27, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List improvements

There should be links to example source code and decompiles by security experts on this list or external links.

Here's somethings that could be included in this list.

MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer

Linux.Darlloz - A computer worm that targets home routers, set-top boxes, security cameras and industrial control systems.

Back Orifice and Back Orifice 2000

Tiny Banker Trojan

FockeWulf FW 190 (talk) 02:53, 13 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

HammerToss?

Surely HammerToss for 2015 should be listed here? Stephen Howe (talk) 11:24, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No details/sources for EyeSpy?

I don't see any reliable sources on the EyeSpy trojan from November. Really curious about where this came from, considering I can't find anything related thru basic Google searches. MobiusAnticuus (talk) 21:49, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Fiction?

Before I go in an nuke all the fictional viruses, why were the added to begin with? Start a new article on fictional viruses if anyone wants, but they don't belong here. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 23:09, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Add

Predator spyWare , it was deleted TWICE :-((( 86.110.240.167 (talk) 19:30, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Computer virus

Sober 42.107.192.43 (talk) 13:15, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99862.htm

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