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Virus War History Posted by Mikko @ 22:29 GMT

If we look at the current virus outburst as a whole, variants of the three main virus families (Bagle, Mydoom and Netsky) have been released in three bursts: first in the end of January - this is when the infamous, SCO-attacking Mydoom.A was released - then in the middle of February - when first Netsky was found - and then in the end of February. This last burst is still continuing, as can be seen from the table below.

The different virus families are colour-coded.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAGLE, MYDOOM AND NETSKY VIRUS FAMILIES

Fri 23.Jan.2004Bagle.A
Tue 27.Jan.2004Mydoom.A
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Mon 16.Feb.2004Netsky.A
Mon 16.Feb.2004Mydoom.E
Tue 17.Feb.2004Bagle.B
Wed 18.Feb.2004Netsky.B
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Tue 24.Feb.2004Mydoom.F
Wed 25.Feb.2004Netsky.C
Fri 27.Feb.2004Bagle.C
Sat 28.Feb.2004Bagle.D
Sat 28.Feb.2004Bagle.E
Sun 29.Feb.2004Netsky.D
Mon 1.Mar.2004Bagle.F
Mon 1.Mar.2004Bagle.G
Mon 1.Mar.2004Netsky.E
Tue 2.Mar.2004Bagle.H
Tue 2.Mar.2004Bagle.I
Tue 2.Mar.2004Netsky.F
Tue 2.Mar.2004Bagle.J
Wed 3.Mar.2004Mydoom.G
Wed 3.Mar.2004Bagle.K
Wed 3.Mar.2004Mydoom.H
Thu 4.Mar.2004Netsky.G
Fri 5.Mar.2004Netsky.H
Sun 7.Mar.2004Netsky.I
Mon 8.Mar.2004Netsky.J
Mon 8.Mar.2004Netsky.K
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