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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Flashback Friday: The Melissa virus

The year was 1999. The month March. There was already lots of talk about the Y2K bug, budgets being allocated to computer and software updates, bunkers being prepared for the end of the world. Meanwhile, for many, it was business as usual. You still have to go to work. Pay the bills. Buy groceries.
For David L. Smith, however, things were less routine. The American, hitherto unknown to many, was preoccupied with what would be his most and only infamous creation. Eventually, on or around 26th, he let loose the Melissa virus (officially known as W97M/Melissa.A@mm).


Flashback Friday: The Melissa virus

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