Malware That Changed The World – The Anna Kournikova Worm

The Anna Kournikova worm was released back in 2001 and, whilst it was not aimed at causing data loss, it did cause embarrassment and disruption for many personal and business users. The worm was spread via email with an attachment that claimed to be a picture of Anna Kournikova, who many a hot-blooded young male found incredibly hard to resist. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Opening the bogus attachment simply sent copies of the worm by email to all addresses found in the recipient’s address book in Microsoft Outlook.

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Malware That Changed The World – The Anna Kournikova Worm