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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]
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]
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]
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]
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. One report came from a major aviation company, but the company discovered the problem before the virus could do any...
[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]
Virology Part 1, Introduction
Blog After the attack of Chernobyl virus in 1996, when thousands of motherboards were destroyed in one day by the system overclocking, I suspected hardware manufacturers. Now, dealing with security threats I have to beware of the same old virus hazard.
[June 29, 2008, 18:52]
Who Writes Viruses?
News Chen Ing-hau: Responsible for the Chernobyl virus, which caused hundreds of millions of dollars damage and repair costs worldwide. And the latest (as of this writing) virus writer caught seems to reflect that stereotype.
[September 25, 2003, 13:30]
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. A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and only lightly punished, the...
[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. A revelation on Thursday that a Taiwanese university had caught, and only lightly punished, the...
[April 30, 1999, 7:54]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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. Paul Ducklin, head of global support for antivirus vendor Sophos, said in...
[May 27, 2002, 10:21]
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. That means that the majority of the companies hit by the virus have lost at least some data.
[June 15, 1999, 8:04]
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]
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]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Those must be nuclear underpants: if you don't keep them up tight, Chernobyl fallout. Useful for bug fixes: lethal in the hands of virus writers. But as the tales of meltdown come in from PCs around the world, it's clear that in terms of sheer...
[April 30, 1999, 22:41]
