Computer Parasitology

A paper from Symantec that serves as a nice history of worms pre-2001 or so, and highlights some of the struggles that came true (and are still with us).

Computer worms will pose the greatest threat to both consumer and corporate computer systems over the next decade. As we will see, they will change the nature of anti-virus (anti-malware?) software and require paradigm shifts in enterprise security and infrastructurei. This paper will cover the past, present and future of computer worms, attempt to provide IT professionals with an understanding of how and why these threats spread, and offer some insight into the nature of future anti-worm solutions and worm-resistant corporate infrastructures that can be leveraged to protect the enterprise from these threats.

Source: Computer Parasitology, Carey Nachenberg from the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center.