CIH
CIH (also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller) is a Windows 9x computer virus which first appeared in 1998.[1] It was created by Chen Ing-hau, a Chinese student.[1] The name CIH is based on his initials.[1] The name Chernobyl is based on the activation date of April 26, the date of the Chernobyl disaster. The name Spacefiller is based on the fact that the virus attaches itself to unused space in existing programs. After the virus is run on April 26, it will start adding random data to files on the hard drive. On some computers it will also corrupt the BIOS. This will leave the computer unable to operate until the hard drive is recovered with data recovery software and the BIOS is manually reflashed with an EEPROM programmer. It does not infect Windows NT, CE, 2000, XP, or any later version of Windows, and it does not infect plain DOS or Windows 3.11 or older. It resulted in over 1 billion USD worth in damages.[2] In 1999, IBM shipped some of their Aptiva computers with the virus already on the computer.[3] Some games, like Activision's SiN[4] and Electronic Arts' Wing Commander came with the virus.
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 "W95.CIH". Symantec Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ 從CIH「重裝駭客」變身「除錯超人」 (in Chinese)
- ↑ Weil, Nancy (April 8, 1999). "Some Aptivas shipped with CIH virus". CNN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ↑ "US Report: Gamers believe Activision's 'SiN' carries CIH virus". ZDNet. July 28, 1998. Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
