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  2. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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    The worm was most notable for performing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on www.sco.com, which belonged to The SCO Group. February 16: The Netsky worm is discovered. The worm spreads by email and by copying itself to folders on the local hard drive as well as on mapped network drives if available. Many variants of the Netsky worm ...

  3. Ransomware - Wikipedia

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    Ransomware is a type of cryptovirological malware that permanently blocks access to the victim's personal data unless a ransom is paid. While some simple ransomware may lock the system without damaging any files, more advanced malware uses a technique called cryptoviral extortion. It encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, and ...

  4. SunTrust Banks - Wikipedia

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    SunTrust Banks, Inc. was an American bank holding company with SunTrust Bank as its largest subsidiary and assets of US$199 billion as of March 31, 2018. [2] The bank's most direct corporate parent was established in 1891 in Atlanta, where it was headquartered. As of September 2016, SunTrust Bank operated 1,400 bank branches and 2,160 ATMs ...

  5. Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia

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    Note how multiple computers are attacking a single computer. In computing, a denial-of-service attack ( DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.

  6. Pinworms in Kids and Adults: Symptoms, Causes, Tape Test ...

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    Anal itching, especially at night. Restless sleep. Itching in the vaginal area -- if adult worms move to your vagina. Feeling irritable. Abdominal pain that comes and goes. Talk to your doctor if ...

  7. A pinworm infection is a common intestinal infection. It is contagious and tends to affect school-age children and those in group settings, like nurseries or group homes. The most common symptom ...

  8. Malware - Wikipedia

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    Worm. A worm is a stand-alone malware software that actively transmits itself over a network to infect other computers and can copy itself without infecting files. These definitions lead to the observation that a virus requires the user to run an infected software or operating system for the virus to spread, whereas a worm spreads itself.

  9. Cyberattack - Wikipedia

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    Cyberattack. A cyberattack (or cyber attack) is any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, computer networks, infrastructures, personal computer devices, [1] or smartphones. An attacker is a person or process that attempts to access data, functions, or other restricted areas of the system without authorization ...