That may have particular currency in the case of the Melissa virus.

Both were a result of programmers' working through the night to create software that would clean the Melissa virus from computers.

The Melissa virus first appeared on the Internet in March of 1999.

But publicity surrounding the Melissa virus last week did not nudge the shares of most companies.

Because of this, the Melissa virus spread despite the safeguards in place to prevent it.

(4/5/99) The alleged author of the Melissa virus was busted.

The Melissa virus, however, was rapacious; damages have been estimated at nearly $400 million.

This privacy hole was used when locating the creator of the Melissa virus.

"This is not like the Melissa virus, but it's a fairly significant event in Internet security."

A prominent example was the Melissa virus, but countless others have existed in the wild.