computer virus
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The scam began with a pop-up alert about a computer virus and instructions to call a number to get the problem resolved.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023
Mountain View Hospital, also located in Idaho Falls, was similarly affected by the computer virus, officials said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
The computer virus Stuxnet, which is widely believed to have been developed by the United States and Israel, was discovered in 2010 after it was used to attack a uranium enrichment facility in Iran.
From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2021
He started it in 1987 in his small house in Santa Clara, Calif., in response to the news of a Pakistani computer virus called Brain, thought to be the first to attack personal computers.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021
A computer virus was the perfect piece of sabotage: invisible and instantaneous.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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