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

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However, some adware might harvest personal data or redirect web browsers to malicious websites. At the time, only about 60,000 computers had access to the internet, mostly at universities and within the military. Once taking root, Mydoom would hijack a victim’s computer to email out more copies of itself.