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  2. Morris worm - Wikipedia

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    In Halt and Catch Fire, a virus that works in a similar way to the Morris worm is created to gauge the size of the network. In 'Date Time', an indie developed video game, the Morris worm is portrayed as a character in a dating sim. In 'Gori: Cuddly Carnage', a game developed by Angry Demon Studio, a floppy disk can be seen containing the Morris ...

  3. Robert Tappan Morris - Wikipedia

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    Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, [3] considered the first computer worm on the Internet. [4] Morris was prosecuted for releasing the worm, and became the first person convicted under the then-new Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ...

  4. United States v. Morris (1991) - Wikipedia

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    18 U.S.C. § 1030 (a) (5) (A) United States v. Morris was an appeal of the conviction of Robert Tappan Morris for creating and releasing the Morris worm, one of the first Internet-based worms. This case resulted in the first conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. In the process, the dispute clarified much of the language used in the ...

  5. Computer worm - Wikipedia

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    A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. [1] It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other computers.

  6. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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    March 26: The Melissa worm was released, targeting Microsoft Word and Outlook -based systems, and creating considerable network traffic. June 6: The ExploreZip worm, which destroys Microsoft Office documents, was first detected. September: the CTX virus is isolated.

  7. List of computer worms - Wikipedia

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    Trojan worm February 14, 2006 Most known for being the first virus targeting Mac computers. Morris: November 2, 1988 Robert Tappan Morris: Widely considered to be the first computer worm. Although created for academic purposes, the negligence of the author unintentionally caused the worm to act as a denial of service attack.

  8. Creeper and Reaper - Wikipedia

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    The conflict between Creeper and Reaper served as inspiration for the programming game Core War, [3] while fictionalized versions of Reaper have been used as antagonists in the anime Digimon Tamers [7] and the visual novel Digital: A Love Story. [8] A humanized Creeper has also appeared in the webcomic Internet Explorer, alongside the likewise ...

  9. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Morris (1991), 928 F.2d 504 (2d Cir. 1991), decided March 7, 1991. After the release of the Morris worm, an early computer worm, its creator was convicted under the Act for causing damage and gaining unauthorized access to "federal interest" computers. The Act was amended in 1996, in part, to clarify language whose meaning was ...

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