The History of Computer Viruses & Malware
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Ransomware, for example, usually doesn’t self-replicate. Macro viruses — viruses which could infect documents created via programs like Microsoft Word — rose in popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s. Upon opening the email, victims would see the message “Here’s that document you asked for. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022.
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