2003’s Most Popular Viruses, and Hacking Tools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 2004

[ Thanks to Douglas Chick
for this link. ]

“Viruses, Trojan horses, Worms, Adware, Spyware, and Remote
Control programs have overrun computers in 2003 and the forecast
for these digital parasites is worse for 2004. Hackers and spammers
use all the latest software security holes, worms and trojans to
attack many businesses and trick Internet users into revealing
their personal and financial information. These constant attacks on
private and public systems have become more than just a nuisance,
they’ve become an overwhelming financial burden, 10 billion
dollars. Listed below are the most commonly used programs Hacker
tools, Key Loggers, RAT: (Remote Administration Tool), Spyware,
Spyware cookies, Trojans, and Worms from the year 2003…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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