![]() The worm was supposed to ask whether there was already a copy running on the computer but instead it just continuously made copies of itself, slowing the system down. Created to highlight security flaws in Unix systems, its founder Robert Morris, made a fatal error that transformed the worm from a potentially harmless software to a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack machine. ![]() Let us start our journey with Morris Worm or the “Great Worm”, which is believed to be the pioneer among computer worms distributed through the internet.
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