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Security firm warns of Chernobyl resurrection
News Panda Software, a European antivirus company, has detected a new strain of the devastating W95/CIH10XX virus -- commonly known as the Chernobyl virus -- which can be so damaging to some computers that it will render some BIOS chips and even entire...
[December 2, 2002, 14:10]
Chernobyl virus hitches a ride
News The persistent pest, which made a strong comeback last month in the form of the Klez.h variant, is now helping revive the Chernobyl virus, according to a new report from antivirus company Symantec. The report says that a virus known as W95.CIH.1049...
[May 7, 2002, 8:54]
Chernobyl virus ready for a return run
News Known as CIH, or the more dire-sounding Chernobyl, the virus first hit a month after the Melissa virus three years ago and is due to strike on Thursday. When one antivirus company noticed that the date coincided with the anniversary of the...
[April 26, 2001, 9:37]
Author of Chernobyl virus arrested in Taiwan
News The virus writer who created the infamous Chernobyl virus has been detained by authorities in Taiwan and could face up to three years in jail. The virus, also known as CIH, is designed to trigger on the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
[September 15, 2000, 15:18]
Robot sent to Chernobyl
News A team of government researchers, academic organizations and private industries has developed a robot that will be sent to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine to help detect problems. The robot, which uses technology from Silicon Graphics...
[May 28, 1999, 6:29]
Chernobyl - The Stories Keep Coming In
News The 'hard disk crusher' virus that infects a computer's BIOS, claimed its first UK victim yesterday as it infected up to 200 campus computers at an unnamed college, according to anti-virus company Network Associates.
[April 27, 1999, 10:32]
Chernobyl - What can you do?
News ZDNet News has had several emails asking 'what can I do? So here's our non-definitive answer to getting started again. What are the symptoms? CIH is very easy to spot. An infected machine does not load windows, has no access to the hard disk, and...
[April 27, 1999, 15:47]
Virus dresses up as a naked Jennifer Lopez
News Chernobyl virus, masquerading as pictures of a naked Jennifer Lopez. The Chernobyl virus can erase files and disable computers. Antivirus-software maker Panda Software issued an alert on Thursday after receiving about eight reports of the destructive
[June 1, 2001, 8:56]
Happy Christmas! Here's your virus
News A nasty new virus discovered by researchers promises to do even more damage to victims than the Chernobyl virus. The virus kills the CMOS memory, overwrites data in all files on all available drives, and then destroys the flash BIOS by using the...
[August 19, 1999, 9:01]
CIH computer virus toll tops 540,000
News The April variant is also known as the Chernobyl virus because its activation date -- April 26 -- is the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union. If these numbers are right, CIH has broken the record for...
[April 28, 1999, 9:34]
CIH hits UK
News Jack Clark, product manager with anti-virus company Network Associates, told ZDNet UK News this morning that a UK college, which he refused to name, was attacked by the CIH/Chernobyl virus Monday morning.
[April 26, 1999, 14:59]
Resistant virus strains to hit the Net?
News And, the April attack of CIH (sometimes called Chernobyl) did a great deal of damage, but the virus took more than a year to spread. "We seem to have a Darwinian evolution of viruses going on," said Abner Germanow, an analyst at International Data...
[June 15, 1999, 8:04]
World Cup fever could develop into virus outbreak
News Similarly, during the last World Cup an Australian organisation was compromised by the Chernobyl virus, which got in on the back of a game where you kick a ball at a goal. Security experts have stressed the need for caution in the hype surrounding...
[May 27, 2002, 10:21]
Thursday virus upgraded: 'High Risk'
News Only three other viruses -- Melissa, CIH/Chernobyl and ExplorerZip -- have received a "high risk" rating over the last year. The virus, called the "Thursday" or W97M/Thurs.A virus, was first discovered nearly two weeks ago.
[September 3, 1999, 8:53]
It's the 26th, have you checked for CIH?
News Three variants exist: Version 1.2 which triggers on April 26 and is sometimes referred to as "Chernobyl" as a nod to the Soviet nuclear accident that occurred on the same day; version 1.3 which activates on June 26; and, version 1.4 which triggers...
[May 26, 1999, 8:17]
Taiwanese university reveals CIH author
News The most common, year-old variant is known as Chernobyl, because the date on which it activates is April 26, the anniversary of the nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union. Identified as Chen Ing-Hau -- whose initials spell CIH -- the alleged...
[April 29, 1999, 16:45]
CIH is a dodo
News Three variants exist: Version 1.2, which triggers on April 26 and is sometimes called "Chernobyl" as a nod to the Soviet nuclear accident that occurred on the same day; Version 1.3, which activates on June 26; and, Version 1.4 which triggers on...
[May 27, 1999, 8:51]
A Year Ago: Viruses: What punishment fits the crime?
News The virus is also known as Chernobyl, since the most common variant attacks only on April 26, the anniversary of that Soviet Union nuclear disaster. Overkill or underpunished? A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and...
[April 28, 2000, 7:00]
Viruses: What punishment fits the crime?
News The virus is also known as Chernobyl, since the most common variant attacks only on April 26, the anniversary of that Soviet Union nuclear disaster. Overkill or underpunished? A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and...
[April 30, 1999, 7:54]
Who writes viruses?
News Chen Ing-hau: Responsible for the Chernobyl virus, which caused hundreds of millions of dollars damage and repair costs worldwide. Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other...
[September 25, 2003, 13:30]
