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The two computer viruses that shook the world

When it comes to the threat of computer viruses, the damages that all these viruses caused may have reached a cumulative cost of over a hundred billion dollars. Hence, it is but fitting to enumerate two of the most well-known computer viruses that shook the world by storm.

Ever wonder which computer viruses did the most damage in the world? Gen Digi answers the question.

Bnet3436330d ago

Not a virus but Y2K fvcked up the world

JaymezProSauce6330d ago

I thought it only caused Anxiety to businesses and made the vast ignorant populace fear of impending doom?

Panthers6330d ago

Well companies spent a lot of money to "prevent" Y2K LOL.

buy a ps36330d ago (Edited 6330d ago )

my dad owns a small company and spent 150$ to prevent the Y2K. he was freaking out. lol

uie4rhig6330d ago

but there was one, that killed infected your PC within minutes if you connected to the internet's without running an antivirus.. i used to have it on XP SP1, but since SP2 it has never happened to me..

pixelsword6330d ago (Edited 6330d ago )

he was insistent that it would blow-up the world, and I was almost laughing in his face because what Y-2k was is basically the clock in some computers, if any, going back to 1900. When has setting a clock in your computer EVER cause things to go catastrophically wrong to the point of massive system failure other than an actual timed-induced virus?

It's the same scam as those "yellow-alerts" on Fox news that makes people run around buying duct-tape.

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JaymezProSauce6330d ago

I started using computers abundantly in 2000 and have been been using it indefinitely...
The only "viruses" I've gotten were from PR0N, Serial giving sites/ keygen stuff w.e. thats called, and ONE trojan I downloaded, which was supposed to be a way to "hack?" Habbohotel and give me fr33 furNi. lawl. i ended up having my computer controlled by a hacker and we had a lil chat.. he asked 4 my user and pass and then i had control of my comp.. that was like in 2002.
i'm 16 now

lawl.

lawl
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Relevant comment: I NEBAR OPENSED AY ATTECHMANT FRUM STRANGERZ CONVERZELY, I EATED CANDYS FRUM STRANGAS ON HABBOWEENS AND SUCHEZ! LAWL

the1truelegend6330d ago

You had a chat with a hacker who was controlling your computer? Wow. I have to say...that's pretty sweet and nerve wracking at the same time.

zeph946330d ago

lol, thatd would be weird as hell. Wat'd you do? Just ask him to give it back?

ambientFLIER6330d ago

I talked to a person controlling my PC as well. It was one of those Zero7 programs or whatever it was called, and he was opening my cd drive and typing stuff to me.

The funny part is that I d/l that program on purpose to see if it's even possible :P

Proxy6330d ago

Man, if that ever happened to me this would be one of the lines in our little chat:

"You may control my computer, but I control the power chord."

sit down droid6330d ago

thats exactly what i was thinking lol

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio33d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing33d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9233d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit33d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing33d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9233d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."