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2. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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   Proprietary. Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials in ...

3. Blaster (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Blaster (also known as Lovsan, Lovesan, or MSBlast) was a computer worm that spread on computers running operating systems Windows XP and Windows 2000 during August 2003. [1] The worm was first noticed and started spreading on August 11, 2003. The rate that it spread increased until the number of infections peaked on August 13, 2003.

4. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   Anti-Spyware 2011, a Trojan horse that attacks Windows 9x, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7, posing as an anti-spyware program. It disables security-related processes of anti-virus programs, while also blocking access to the Internet, which prevents updates.

5. Criticism of Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   Security issues. [edit] Windows XPhas been criticized for its vulnerabilities due to buffer overflowsand its susceptibility to malwaresuch as viruses, trojan horses, and worms. Nicholas Petreley for The Registernotes that "Windows XP was the first version of Windows to reflect a serious effort to isolate users from the system, so that users ...

6. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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   The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [ 4 ] It was propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit developed by the United ...

7. Windows XP - Wikipedia

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   Windows Security Center window running Windows XP Service Pack 2, showing no virus protection installed. Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP Home edition and Professional edition was released on August 25, 2004. [73]