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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...
1260, or V2PX, [1] [2] was a polymorphic computer virus written in 1989 by Mark Washburn. Derived from Ralf Burger's publication of the disassembled Vienna Virus source code, the 1260 added a cipher and varied its signature by randomizing its decryption algorithm. Both the 1260 and Vienna infect .COM files in the current or PATH directories ...
February 11: The Simile virus is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly. Beast is a Windows-based backdoor Trojan horse, more commonly known as a RAT (Remote Administration Tool). It is capable of infecting almost all versions of Windows.
By the time the virus is identified, many names have been used to denote the same virus. Ambiguity in virus naming arises when a newly identified virus is later found to be a variant of an existing one, often resulting in renaming. For example, the second variation of the Sobig worm was initially called "Palyh" but later renamed "Sobig.b ...
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On December 31, 1999, Yamaha shipped a software update to their CD-R400 drives that was infected with the virus. In July 1998, a demo version of the first-person shooter game Sin was infected by one of its mirror sites. [7] CIH's dual payload was delivered for the first time on April 26, 1999, with most of the damage occurring in Asia. [8]
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing frequently receives questions about how to repair a Windows computer system that has symptoms of infection by a computer virus, Trojan horse, or other malware. Here is a list of recommendations.
A screenshot of the Happy99 virus in action. Happy99 (also termed Ska or I-Worm) [4] is a computer worm for Microsoft Windows.It first appeared in mid-January 1999, spreading through email and usenet.