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* [[Love Letter Worm]] a malicious VBScript which was spread through emails, Windows file sharing, IRC, USENET news and through webpages affecting more than 500,000 computer systems; <ref>[http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-04.html CERT Advisory CA-2000-04 Love Letter Worm]</ref>
* [[Love Letter Worm]] a malicious VBScript which was spread through emails, Windows file sharing, IRC, USENET news and through webpages affecting more than 500,000 computer systems; <ref>[http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-04.html CERT Advisory CA-2000-04 Love Letter Worm]</ref>
* [[T0rnkit]] was also distributed by intruders using six different versions of rootkit.<ref>[http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-10.html Cert Incident Note IN-2000-10]</ref>
* [[T0rnkit]] was also distributed by intruders using six different versions of rootkit.<ref>[http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2000-10.html Cert Incident Note IN-2000-10]</ref>
* [[W/32/Sircam]], an e-mail borne virus;<ref>[http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/home-network-security/#III-B-1 Home Network Security]</ref> * [[Leaves]], capable of updating and changing its functionality during a hack affected millions of internet users in five provinces of China when an unknown hacker attacked the the server of [[DNSPod]], a Chinese domain name registrar in 2009;<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/DDoS-Attack-Leaves-Five-Chinese-Provinces-Without-Internet-112313.shtml DDoS Attack Leaves Five Chinese Provinces Without Internet]</ref> and many other viruses and worms distributed by hackers to cripple computer networks in homes and organizations.
* [[W/32/Sircam]], an e-mail borne virus; <ref>
[http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/home-network-security/#III-B-1 Home Network Security]</ref>
* [[Leaves]], capable of updating and changing its functionality during a hack affected millions of internet users in five provinces of China when an unknown hacker attacked the the server of [[DNSPod]], a Chinese domain name registrar in 2009;<ref>[http://news.softpedia.com/news/DDoS-Attack-Leaves-Five-Chinese-Provinces-Without-Internet-112313.shtml DDoS Attack Leaves Five Chinese Provinces Without Internet]</ref> and many other viruses and worms distributed by hackers to cripple computer networks in homes and organizations.