Malware information please!

[Malakhar]

Greetings!

I have a paper to write for my IT class about Malware. I wanted to get some feedback as to some of the worse Malware out there on the internet. I have McAfee Thread Center and Norton

[mountaintree16]

Hello Malakhar & welcome to Malwarebytes.org

Well, taking a peek though this forum will definitely show you some nasty malware. :

(do NOT reply in any of these topics though!!!)

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showforum=7

Also you can check out these:

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=65855

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=61174

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=30983

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=63618

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=63393

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=61523

Also just take a peek through this form

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showforum=15

Good luck with your paper!

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[IDKWatMNShouldBe]

hmmm, not the nastiest, but the most annoying i guess, NAVA SHIELD. this rogue is one of a kind, just search it up for info or go to this.

http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=63936

[lelenina]

Some of the worst or nastiest malware as of now is probably any aggressive rogue or fake antivirus application. Another nasty one is the pornoblocker ransomware. Also, the file infectors are nasty such as Virut, ramnet, and Sality. As for the old nonmodern malware, virus encyclopedias will give you a lot of information about those. CIH is the best example of one of the worst old viruses I can think of right now.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

It really depends what you are looking for. The most nastiest types of threats are Rootkits, file infectors and blended threats(example worm with rootkit, backdoor and trojan capabilities)

[Malakhar]

Thanks everyone!

To be more specific here... how about Malware that is similar to Stuxnet where it is able to cause massive damage to a company or country without them even knowing. I am trying to mainly make the paper about some of the worse Malware and formulate my own answers as to the possible different types of damage they can do. Like Stuxnet for example where it targets companies infrastructure and cripples them from the inside out.

I do appreciate the help here!

[wildman424]

I have an interesting paper on Stuxnet from a disscussion we had here on the forum a while back

This pdf is 100% safe as it was provided by a moderator

the above pdf is from this link

http://www.eset.com/resources/white-papers..._Microscope.pdf

Virut, Ramnet, and Sality are nasty TDSS is really nasty

good luck with your assignment

[Malakhar]

Thanks!