Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana nomlando we-Computer Worm, ngitshele igama lesibungu sekhompyutha sokuqala esabangela ukulimala kwamakhompyutha amaningi ku-Internet nosuku esakhishwa ngalo ngumdali waso.
Context:Isibungu sekhompyutha siwuhlelo lwekhompyutha olune-malware oluzimele oluzikopisha ukuze lusakazekele kwamanye amakhompyutha. Ngokuvamile isebenzisa inethiwekhi yamakhompyutha ukuze isakazeke, incike ekuhlulekeni kokuphepha kukhompyutha okuhloswe ngayo ukuze ifinyelele kuyo. Izosebenzisa lo mshini njengendawo yokuhlola futhi ithelele amanye amakhompyutha. Lapho la makhompyutha amasha ahlaselwe i-worm elawulwa, i-worm izoqhubeka ihlola futhi ithelele amanye amakhompyutha esebenzisa la makhompyutha njengama-host, futhi lokhu kuziphatha kuzoqhubeka. Izibungu zama - computer zisebenzisa izindlela eziphindaphindekayo ukuze zizikopishe ngaphandle kwezinhlelo ezizihambelayo futhi zizisakaze ngokusekelwe ekuxhaphazeni izinzuzo zokukhula okuqhubekayo, ngaleyo ndlela zilawule futhi zithelele amakhompyutha amaningi ngokwengeziwe ngesikhathi esifushane. Cishe njalo izibungu zibangela okungenani ukulimala okuthile kunethiwekhi, ngisho noma kungokusebenzisa kuphela umkhawulokudonsa, kuyilapho amagciwane cishe njalo onakalisa noma aguqula amafayela ekhompyutheni okuhlosiwe.  Izibungu eziningi zenzelwe ukusakazeka kuphela, futhi azizami ukushintsha izinhlelo ezidlula kuzo. Nokho, njengoba isibungu sikaMorris nesikaMydoom zabonisa, ngisho nalezi zibungu "ezingenayo imithwalo" zingabangela ukuphazamiseka okukhulu ngokwandisa ithrafikhi yenethiwekhi neminye imiphumela engahlosiwe.  Umlando  Igama elithi "worm" langempela laqala ukusetshenziswa encwadini kaJohn Brunner ka-1975, ethi The Shockwave Rider. Kule noveli, uNichlas Haflinger wakha i-worm yokuqoqa idatha futhi ayisebenzise njengendlela yokuziphindiselela emadodeni anamandla aphethe inethiwekhi kazwelonke yolwazi lwe-elekthronikhi ekhuthaza ukuvumelana ngobuningi. "Unesibungu esikhulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona enetheni, futhi ngokuzenzakalelayo sivimbela noma imuphi umzamo wokusiqapha. Akukaze kube khona isibungu esinekhanda eliqinile kanjalo noma umsila omude kanjalo!"  Isibungu sekhompyutha sesibili esake saba khona saqanjwa ukuze sibe isofthiwe elwa namagciwane. Eqanjwe ngokuthi iReaper, yadalwa nguRay Tomlinson ukuze iziphindaphinde kuyo yonke i-ARPANET futhi isuse uhlelo lokuhlola iCreeper (i-worm yokuqala yekhompyutha, 1971).  Ngo-November 2, 1988, uRobert Tappan Morris, umfundi ophothula iziqu zesayensi yamakhompyutha eCornell University, wakhipha lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Morris worm, kwaphazamisa amakhompyutha amaningi ngaleso sikhathi e-Internet, acatshangwa ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi ayingxenye eyodwa kweziyishumi yawo wonke lawo axhunyiwe. Phakathi nenqubo yokudlulisa amacala kaMorris, iNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala yase-U.S. ilinganisela ukuthi izindleko zokususa isibungu esikhungweni ngasinye ziphakathi kuka- $ 200 no- $ 53,000; lo msebenzi washukumisela ukwakhiwa kweCERT Coordination Center kanye nohlu lwamakheli lwe-Phage. UMorris ngokwakhe waba umuntu wokuqala owahlulelwa futhi walahlwa ngecala ngaphansi koMthetho Wokukhwabanisa Nokuxhaphaza Amakhompyutha ka-1986.
Isibungu sokuqala sekhompyutha esaziwa esidlangalaleni ukuthi sabangela ukuphazamiseka kwangempela nokusebenza kabi kwamakhompyutha axhunywe kwi-Internet saziwa ngokuthi isibungu sikaMorris, esakhiwa ngo-1988 nguRobert Morris, umfundi wesayensi yamakhompyutha eCornell University.