1988 28 Nov. 2/1 The ‘sendmail virus’, now also called the ‘Internet worm’, was first detected on U-M machines connected to the Internet at about 1.00 a.m. on Thursday.
2005 J. Edwards v. 123 Should a new Internet worm or virus be detected, multiple FPX devices can be immediately programmed to search for their signatures.
2012 (Nexis) 4 Mar. (Culture section) 49 On November 20, 2008, the most powerful internet worm yet dreamt up infected its first computer.