From my memory bank: Melissa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus) ILOVEYOU - https:

From my memory bank: Melissa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus) ILOVEYOU - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU Anna Kournikova - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova_(computer_virus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kournikova_(computer_viru... Slammer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Slammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_Slammer And of course, the fastest spreading virus of all time, Sammy (which only effected Myspace profiles but still meets the definition of a computer worm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_(computer_worm) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samy_(computer_worm) I don't think the media covers malware/viruses like the used to around the turn of the century.