![]() Later, Microsoft released automatic OS updates to prevent this problem. In 2001, Internet worms began to exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows OS to infect machines directly via the Internet. These worms used the user's email to spread themselves to all the addresses available in the user's address book. In the 1990s, Internet worms came in the form of Visual Basic scripts that replicated on computers running on Windows. ![]() Initial worms just scanned local network hard drives and folders, and then inserted themselves into programs. Internet worms use various techniques to multiply over the Internet.
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