Have you heard of some of the infamous computer viruses that rattled the digital world? Trust us—you do NOT want these bad boys on your computer. Join Michael Aranda and learn all about these nefarious viruses in this new episode of SciShow! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Andreas Heydeck, Justin Lentz, Will and Sonja Marple, Benny, Chris Peters, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick, Fatima Iqbal, Lucy McGlasson, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Accalia Elementia, Kathy & Tim Philip, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Thomas J., and Patrick D. Ashmore. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: null ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Melissa: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2235008/data-center/melissa-virus-turning-10------age-of-the-stripper-unknown-.html https://www.sans.org/security-resources/idfaq/what-was-the-melissa-virus-and-what-can-we-learn-from-it/5/3 http://www.pandasecurity.com/mediacenter/malware/most-famous-virus-history-melissa/ https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/melissa.shtml http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/02/melissa.arrest.03/index.html?eref=yahoo http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/02/nyregion/creator-of-melissa-virus-gets-20-months-in-jail.html ILOVEYOU: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363172,00.asp http://www.bbc.com/news/10095957 http://money.cnn.com/2000/05/05/technology/loveyou/ http://motherboard.vice.com/read/love-bug-the-virus-that-hit-50-million-people-turns-15 Slammer: http://www.wired.com/2003/07/slammer/ https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/mssqlm.shtml http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/pubs/networking/insidetheslammerworm03.pdf Storm Worm: https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2001-060615-1534-99&tabid=2 http://www.informationweek.com/storm-worm-erupts-into-worst-virus-attack-in-2-years/d/d-id/1057418 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/infamous-storm-worm-stages-a-comeback/ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html Mebroot/Torpig: https://seclab.cs.ucsb.edu/media/uploads/papers/torpig.pdf https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/your_computer_is_now_stoned.pdf https://www.secureworks.com/research/top-banking-botnets-of-2013 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7701227.stm https://css.csail.mit.edu/6.858/2009/readings/torpig.pdf Images: Servers: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Servers-0051_18.jpg