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nov 29, 2008 - Nyxem Worm

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The Nyxem worm was discovered. It spread by mass-mailing. Its payload, which activates on the third of every month, starting on February 3, attempts to disable security-related and file sharing software, and destroy files of certain types, such as Microsoft Office files.

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nov 29, 2008
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~ 17 years ago