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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Due to the virus’s name and the above text, many at the time believed the source of the malware to come from China. officials at the time that the virus had been traced to China, no evidence has come to light linking Code Red to the nation. In fact, China itself would fall prey to the second iteration of Code Red in August 2001.