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The History of Malware: A Primer on the Evolution of Cyber Threats

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At the time, only about 60,000 computers had access to the internet, mostly at universities and within the military. 2004: Mydoom worm Similar to ILOVEYOU, the Mydoom worm also used email to self-replicate and infect systems around the world.