What is the Chernobyl virus?
Chernobyl virus is a malicious computer program that has been designed to infect operating systems based on Windows®. Originally it was referred to as a cih virus and a space filler. The name "Chernobyl virus" was created because its first activation of the useful load occurred on April 16, 1999, 13th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. He admitted that he wrote the virus after realizing that it could be traced. Chernobyl virus has been designed to infect computers using Windows® 95, 98 and ME operating systems.
The initial payload of the virus works covertly by rewriting PE files. At the first installed virus, the virus is divided and inserts its parts into the spaces between the files. This allows the virus to replicate quickly. By filling only the gaps, the virus does not increase the size of the file, making it difficult for its antiviral software to detect it. This Earned virus nickname "Spacefiller". It flows up to other scripts, causing it to slow down. In the case of the chernobyl virus its secondaryThe useful load also infects the flashing BIOS, which prevents the start of the computer.
Asian and Middle Eastern countries were hit by the virus. It was mostly due to the prevalence of pirate operating systems and ignoring the security of the computer in these countries. It was estimated that the virus caused more than $ 2 million USD USD (USD) to damage and recover the file.
Several variants of the virus were written from the activation of the original. Three of the lesser -known variants are the V1.2 Tit, Cih V1.3 and Cih V1.4. The main difference between the variants is their payload date of activation. The last known variant, Cih.1106, was discovered in 2002. Since most antiviral software was able to recognize the virus, but its effect was not as widespread as its predecessors.
Another variant of the Chernobyl virus is the infamous "I Love You" or "Love Bug" virus. The love bug is spreading e -mailWith the subject "I love you". Given the subject, most people who received e -mail opened it. This strengthened the range of love errors and infected millions of users, including government and corporate computers. Virus damage was reported to have been in billions of US dollars.