5 Most Dangerous Computer Viruses of All Time

Anudeep Mahavadi

Melissa (1999): An early email virus, Melissa, propagated via Microsoft Word documents and brought major mail server crashes

ILOVEYOU (2000): Pretending to be a love letter, this worm duped millions and wrought $10 billion in worldwide damages within weeks

Mydoom (2004): The fastest email worm to date, Mydoom crippled search engines and overloaded servers on the internet

Stuxnet (2010): This sophisticated cyberweapon attacked Iran's nuclear program in secret, signaling a new age of cyberwarfare

WannaCry (2017): Ransomware, which had locked users out of their data, WannaCry spread to more than 150 nations, disabling hospitals and companies

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