What is the most dangerous virus in the world?

Just wondering :wink:

FROM ALL ANGLES.

Hi msgreyberry,

Would not know what that would be but as seen to what damage it could do to your computer, I would say a dangerous file infector like ā€œvirutā€, as what goes under the anti-malware radar I would say certain bots and root-kit installs. But never underestimate the malcreants they will develop new malcreations,

polonus

Concerning which aspectā€¦??

The one that gives a popup saying-- ā€œUnintelligent keyboard usage has been detected, replace the user as soon as possibleā€

This has been a joke, now returning you to normal operation.

Itā€™s hard to say which one is the worst. I guess it would be the brand new one that you get before anything can detect it.

;D

:smiley:
I meant like malware or rootkit type of thingā€¦that literally KILLS your computer :stuck_out_tongue:

Imo, itā€™s impossible to name one threat as the most dangerous.
It depend on so many factorsā€¦

Generally it is the person behind the keyboard, all viruses/malware are bad for your system and sometimes finances.

What is your definition of worst ? One that trashes the system or one that sits quietly in the background and steals your data

Trashes the system~ And yes, the person behind the keyboard IS the real culprit~

Speaking of which, apparently I heard from someone there is a virus called ā€œcupcakeā€ that makes your computer electrocute you, or somethingā€¦to be honest, I donā€™t believe that rumour myselfā€¦but I heard from my friend is true. ???

Thatā€™s nonsenseā€¦!!!

lol ROFL ;D

the malware of today is all about moneyā€¦

spamā€¦
steal your passwordsā€¦
trick you to buy somethingā€¦
fake AV that you need to pay to remove the fake infectionsā€¦
Ransomā€¦you must pay to remove the ecryption of your diskā€¦
anything you can think ofā€¦

I know, but my friend says itā€™s trueā€¦ sigh. People these days.

Also, yes, malware is today ONLY for money and to make you worryā€¦especially the fake, rogue software that makes you buy their scam, really bad product/sā€¦the rise of these ā€œroguesā€ have drastically increased this year. Even Macs are not safe, with the fake MacGuard!!!

So, tell your friend he/she is wrong. :wink:

A virus which can literally cause problems to your real life

Macs now have there first bootkit type malware (whistler variant)

Is there any article etc about this ā€œeventā€? ;D
Googl-ed it,nothing.

Nope we just had the first one post at G2G - unfortunately none of us use macs

http://cnettv.cnet.com/deadliest-computer-viruses/9742-1_53-50005771.html?tag=mncol;7n

Found something very similar here http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/473/An_unlikely_couple_64_bit_rootkit_and_rogue_AV_for_MacOS

P.S:Did you read the pm i send you yestarday?