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The history and main features of several computer viruses and worms are described in this chapter. More examples can be found in Appendix C. Due to the prevalence of rogue software, there are many similar descriptions on the Internet. Notice that most of the examples are from the 1980s and 1990s, because this was the time when new, original, and very destructive malware appeared regularly and caused great alarm and much harm to computer users worldwide.
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Salomon, D. (2010). Examples of Malware. In: Elements of Computer Security. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-006-9_5
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