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BonziBuddy
A virus made by Joe and Jay Bonzi made as a spyware the company creating BonziBuddy faced a few lawsuits in which they had to pay fines https://kids.kiddle.co/BonziBuddy#:~:text=BonziBuddy%20(%20bon%2Dzee%2Dbud,as%20it%20used%20Microsoft%20Agent. -
ILOVEYOU
"ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as the Love Bug or Loveletter, was a computer worm that infected over ten million Windows personal computers on and after May 5, 2000"
"The attachment, which had two periods, could thus display the inner fake "TXT" file extension"
"...estimated to have caused US$5.5–8.7 billion in damages worldwide"
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Mydoom
"Mydoom appears to have been commissioned by e-mail spammers to send junk e-mail through infected computers. The worm contains the text message ... leading many to believe that the worm's creator was paid" Wikipedia
"MyDoom swiftly gained notoriety due to its rapid propagation and disruptive capabilities." Radware
https://www.radware.com/security/ddos-knowledge-center/ddospedia/mydoom/
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WannaCry
"WannaCry is a ransomware crypto worm, which targets computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting (locking) data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency"
"The attack began at 07:44 UTC on 12 May 2017 and was halted a few hours later at 15:03 UTC by the registration of a kill switch discovered by Marcus Hutchins"
"The attack was estimated to have affected more than 300,000 computers"
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KinitoPET.exe
KinitoPET.exe is a game-like virus although it seems innocent will get into your computer system and will also turn on your camera Kinito tries to trap your "player" in a world made for you (he knows what you want due to him asking questions) The website goes as far to give itself fake ratings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uirF_9Ujl70 (video of Laurenzside on KinitoPET.exe)
https://www.kinitopet.com/