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A famous example of a zip bomb is titled 42.zip, which is a zip file of unknown authorship [4] consisting of 42 kilobytes of compressed data, containing five layers of nested zip files in sets of 16, each bottom-layer archive containing a 4.3-gigabyte (4 294 967 295 bytes; 4 GiB − 1 B) file for a total of 4.5 petabytes (4 503 599 626 321 920 ...
This tactic was used in an advertisement campaign by Sir-Tech in 1997 to advertise Virus: The Game. When the file is run, a full screen representation of the desktop appears. The software then begins simulating deletion of the Windows folder. When this process is complete, a message is slowly typed on screen saying "Thank God this is only a game."
The Verge's article listed ShareX among the 2021 great apps to have for Windows 11. [13] Lifehacker made a 2022 article about ShareX being the Best Screenshot Tool for Windows with a complete usage guide. [14] Microsoft listed ShareX as the best Utility App in the 2022 Microsoft Store Community Choice Awards. [15]
The Rabbit (or Wabbit) virus, more a fork bomb than a virus, is written. The Rabbit virus makes multiple copies of itself on a single computer (and was named "rabbit" for the speed at which it did so) until it clogs the system, reducing system performance, before finally reaching a threshold and crashing the computer. [10]
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The FBI MoneyPak Ransomware, also known as Reveton Ransomware, is a ransomware that starts by purporting to be from a national police agency (like the American Federal Bureau of Investigation) and that they have locked the computer or smartphone due to "illegal activities" and demands a ransom payment via GreenDot MoneyPak cards in order to release the device.
[3] [4] [1] It copies itself to the Windows system directory (Bagle.A as bbeagle.exe, Bagle.B as au.exe), adds HKCU run keys to the registry, and opens a backdoor on a TCP port (6777 for Bagle.A and 8866 for Bagle.B). [4] [1] Using an HTTP GET request, Bagle.B also informs the virus's programmer that the machine has been successfully infected.
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