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	Top 10 Worst Computer Worms of All Time
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12-10-2007 11:50 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c4a5b465-51a9-4a85-a7e2-fe98f8886902/3A31FE85-818E-455F-AA33-3CE912B6719D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time" href="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time" style="font-size: 11px;">encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time">
The Internet is an Internet lover's paradise, a gamer's haven, a business's lifeline, and a hacker's playground. Over the past two decades, hundreds of worms have devastated the infrastructure of millions of computers around the world, causing billions of dollars of damage-and the life of the worm is far from over. Let's take a look at the last 20 years to see which of these worms have stood out from among the rest.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/603DFDDA-5A8A-46F2-81D9-155B213DC86C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>10. Jerusalem (also known as BlackBox)</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/2A4B3782-60B0-4B31-A01E-2A5B26BC520F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>9. Michelangelo</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/2A3D1743-FDC9-434D-8BED-7B8C41D0589F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>8. Storm Worm</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/E9C71381-3604-4F1A-AE5B-A9B8908F0ABD" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>7. Sobig</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/29AC9A4A-F47D-4919-885F-6AE308C25B94" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time">
Sobig depended heavily on public websites to execute additional stages of the virus.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>6. MSBlast</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/img/38C9DAF6-9A80-46C9-A7C9-11F1B89CA223" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><H3>5. Melissa</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Top%2010%20Worst%20Computer%20Worms%20of%20All%20Time"><DIV>
The Melissa worm caused $1 billion in damages. Melissa's creator, a David Smith from New Jersey, named the worm after a lap dancer he met while vacationing in Florida. Smith was imprisoned for 20 months and fined $5,000.
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