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News Burst: CIH Antidote Available For Free
News Symantec claims the antidote to CIH is so clever it doesn't need to re-boot the affected PC. CIH infects 32-bit Windows 95/98 and NT executable files. When successful, CIH can lock a computer. The virus infects a computer's memory and infects new...
[August 17, 1998, 14:28]
A Year Ago: CIH Virus Hits Firms Hard
News But early reports show that several companies have been hit by the CIH virus, which strikes on the 26th of each month. The virus, known as Win95.CIH, reformats computer hard drives and, on certain machines, can erase the BIOS information that the...
[August 27, 1999, 7:00]
CIH Is A Dodo
News The deadly CIH virus which strikes on the 26th of each month is history. Last month, CIH caused the equivalent of a computer stroke in companies worldwide. Each one had been hit by the most destructive computer virus ever: CIH.
[May 27, 1999, 8:51]
US Report: Gamers Believe Activision's 'SiN' Carries CIH Virus
News But that bit of advertising copy took on a whole new meaning on Sunday when some of those who'd downloaded a demo of the SiN game discovered that their hard drives had been reformatted by the hellish -- and by now infamous -- CIH virus.
[July 28, 1998, 10:50]
CIH Computer Virus Toll Tops 540,000
News The CIH activates only on specific dates. That makes the virus much more destructive than the Melissa virus, which infected over 100,000 computers in the United States at the end of March, putting CIH at the top of the viral heap, said Rob...
[April 28, 1999, 9:34]
UK Tech Week: CIH Virus Still A Threat
News That's a little strange because we've had a free virus solution for CIH since the middle of August. The CIH virus is famed for obliterating machines on the 26th of each month by attacking the executable files in both Windows 95 and 98.
[October 8, 1998, 8:42]
It's The 26th, Have You Checked For CIH?
News That day -- a month ago -- the phone lines lit up at data recovery firm ONTRACK International Inc.and three letters repeatedly came over the line: CIH, CIH, CIH. In total, between 3,000 and 4,000 customers -- most with multiple PCs -- called in a...
[May 26, 1999, 8:17]
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]
Taiwanese University Reveals CIH Author
News Identified as Chen Ing-Hau -- whose initials spell CIH -- the alleged virus writer was a student at the Tatung Institute of Technology when he created the harmful software, according to an Associate Press report.
[April 29, 1999, 16:45]
News Burst: CIH Blasts Home Users
News CIH, which activates on the 26th of each month, is more destructive than the widely reported Melissa virus and is capable of wiping data from hard drives. The virus has caused extensive damage in businesses across Asia but effects in Europe and the...
[April 28, 1999, 14:09]
CIH Virus To Strike This Sunday
News As the 26th of each new month arrives, the number of CIH victims seems destined to rise. For the first time ever, the CIH Virus attacks the software code stored in those flash BIOS chips. According to the Virus Bulletin, CIH can be downloaded from...
[July 23, 1998, 9:01]
US Report: CIH Virus Hits Firms Hard
News The virus, known as Win95.CIH, reformats computer hard drives and, on certain machines, can erase the BIOS information that the computer needs to operate. While last month, July 26 fell on a Sunday, this month CIH's day is midweek.
[August 27, 1998, 8:58]
UK Consumers Hit By CIH
News CIH, which activates on the 26th of each month, is more destructive than the widely reported Melissa virus and is capable of wiping data from hard drives. Last month's Melissa virus led many firms, including telecommunications giant Lucent, to shut...
[April 28, 1999, 15:02]
BT's Wireplay Hit By CIH Virus
News The CIH virus is deadly. A spokesman for BT told ZDNet News: "The CIH virus was up there but we acted extremely quickly and responsibly. It is the latter variant -- known alternatively as WIN95.CIH1.4 and WIN95.CIH.SPACEFILLER -- that Mplayer.com...
[July 31, 1998, 11:21]
Why CIH Culprit Will Never Be Found
News For CIH .the writer knows a lot. Two variants of the CIH virus struck on Monday, reformatting the hard drives of over 300,000 computers in Turkey and 240,000 computers in Korea. Despite the widespread outbreak, CIH is not a new virus -- that makes...
[April 28, 1999, 9:55]
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. Antivirus software company Trend Micro warned that though the outbreak may not be severe or...
[April 26, 2001, 9:37]
IBM Says Some Aptivas Hit By Virus
News IBM spokeswoman Stacy Pena said that some Aptiva PCs sold in the United States had been exposed to the CIH virus during the manufacturing process due to human error. The CIH virus is spread from one PC to another when an executable file is...
[April 7, 1999, 9:43]
Consumers - Failing To Protect Themselves Against Infection
News While businesses have had a largely CIH-free week, consumers have not been so lucky. One technically-savvy user confessed to losing "loads of data" when the CIH kicked in on his home PC at midnight on Tuesday.
[April 29, 1999, 6:18]
Chernobyl Virus Recovery
White Papers The chernobyl virus (or CIH virus) was originally called the “mother of all viruses” when it first made its appearance last June 1998. CIH virus only infects Windows ’95 and Windows ’98 computers, and does not infect Windows NT, or Unix boxes.
[September 25, 2003, 0:00]
Microsoft Moves To Integrate Windows With BIOS
Talkback Remember CIH? Well, try to imagine a Mega CIH. Erm, that's a very, very bad idea.
[October 5, 2003, 20:23]
