The virus code contains the text "CIH", so it gets this name. CIH virus has a dangerous payload that will trigger on the 26th of April or any month, depending upon the variant of the virus strain. This virus can damage the contents of the BIOS flash memory chip. CIH writes garbage to the flash memory chip if the chip is write-enabled. Many PC manufacturers leave the flash memory chip write-enabled.
If this happens the computer will become unusable until the contents of the chip are restored or the motherboard is replaced. After damaging the BIOS the virus also makes the data in all the hard disks unreadable.
Because of these characteristics this is surely one of the most damaging virus. CIH virus first appeared in June and it is in the wild. Variants of CIH virus: There are three variants 1. CIH virus. These variants can be identified from the text string present in the virus code. The variants 1. HPS is a polymorphic virus. This virus also tries to hide from anti-virus programs by deleting the data files created by those programs. HPS virus is not in the wild. HPS and Hanta.
This is a memory resident virus. When an infected file is run, it stays in memory and infects other executable files. The virus copies its code to the last section of the file and change the entry point to that particular location. This contains a string LOVE in its code. It plays a song on the 1st of any month from March onwards. Lovesong virus first appeared in March E worm is the carrier of this virus. Upon execution of the attachment containing Klez.
B gets activated. It looks for open shares in the network and infects other computers in the network also. The file WQK. EXE can be of variable size because of its polymorphic behaviour. The virus infects any executable file at randomly. E information page.
The virus stays in memory and it will infect all the above mentioned types of target objects when they are accessed. Inca virus is polymorphic and multi-partite.
This file will be loaded when the computer is booted and the virus will stay in memory till the computer is shut down. While the virus is active in memory it puts its dropper files in the COM format inside all the compressed archives and in the boot sector of floppy disks. Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Guest finsbigfan Posted January 3, Posted January 3, I have 2 computers running Windows 98se. Both were infected by a virus or worm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options If you don't mind please do the following.
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