Computer Viruses Thread

[BuildaBox]

Let's not forget about Stuxnet! :O

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[Rap3Therapist]

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[LordCutlerBeckett]

How about Chernobyl, or CIH.exe? That virus overwrote CMOS memory and flashed your BIOS, rendering your computer useless.

[Fireboy]

How about Chernobyl, or CIH.exe? That virus overwrote CMOS memory and flashed your BIOS, rendering your computer useless.

CIH.exe
The CIH virus was unleashed in 1998, and set to activate a year later. It was spread on driver CD's and different websites, and even on a batch of IBM Aptiva computers. This was just a few months before the virus would activate.

This virus was probably one of the most destructive virii out there; not only did it overwrite the first 1024 kb of the harddrive thus overwriting the MBR and the FAT, but it also attempted to flash the BIOS. As BIOS restoration was not implemented at this time, the FlashBIOS chip itself had to be replaced in order to restore the computer to a working state.

[LordCutlerBeckett]

oh lol

[Ethan]

My grandfather had that purple monkey thing, lol.

[LordCutlerBeckett]

The only virus I have ever had was one that popped up an icon called "Quality research" on my desktop. My computer crashed a couple of days later.

[HelplessNobb88]

new one name : 7zip type: adware

it is said to be usefull but it is a malware

How to remove: run anti virus durr

that is not a virus you numbskull, it is the world's best unzipping tool. Webroot catches a lot of stuff and it never said a thing.

Anyways...

Once my mom's PC got infected by a virus from Rio Antivirus software or something, the screen darkened, and it completely barred her from using the PC. A black and yellow shield appeared beforehand. She got customer support on the line, and she had to wipe the drive to get it working again. That computer has 512 MB of RAM and Windows XP 32 bit, so I am not surprised.

[brickybob]

The biggest exploit in all operating systems, is the user.







But I'm running Gentoo and latest updates so I have just about nothing to worry about. 

[Bisjac]

all of these are incredibly easy to avoid. without firewalls, or anti virus apps.
you people must be stupid.

[Count]

The only "viruses" I see today are the antivirus downloads that restrict your computer from doing anything but buying there service for like $60. But they are for profit and not really for damaging your computer.

[dorkdotdan]

PEBKAC, Seriously. If you get an E-Mail and the attachment is a .exe file, Wouldn't you get suspicious?

[Neo Rickfire]

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We don't need to know that. Stop posting that stuff if it happens to you.

[Littledude]

You don't get viruses unless you're being stupid.
On that note, I have gotten a few viruses in the past.