Talk:CIH (computer virus)

message: Okay, I don't know everything, but I have done low level programming and have a good understanding of how viruses work, and I have no idea what this page means when it talks about file sizes that don't increase because the virus uses "methods of jumping from processor ring 3 to 0" .. processor ring???
Here's an explanation I found that actually makes sense. Someone feel free to add this in, though not in these exact words unless you enjoy plagiarism. 
Files infected by CIH may have the same size as the original files because of CIH's unique mode of infection. The virus will search for empty, unused spaces in the file. Next it will break itself up into smaller pieces and inserts them in these unused spaces.
I'm sure a portion of the virus does become memory resident..  it no doubt has its own ISR .. it no doubt hooks a system call or two, but I have no idea what a processor ring is.
About the "processor ring" terminology, I believe the writer was referring to privilege rings, see this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(computer_security)155.92.110.93 (talk) 00:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation on why file size does not grow 

message: Is this line not a contradiction?
"By April 26, 2000, much of the damage was happening in Asia, but the virus was not as widespread there."
Also, this article seems to claim the virus was a big disaster and wide spread, but several other sources i have viewed say the virus was mostly contained because it was spotted so early. I don't know which view is correct?
81.110.10.170 15:09, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: I have windows XP, and my computer was defineltly infected with the CIH virus, affecting my BIOS.
* I need a documented media source stating this. Otherwise we cannot say this. WhisperToMe (talk) 04:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effects Windows XP 

message: "It was honar who droped CIH v1.2 into the system as part of its payload."  Can anybody tell me what, exactly, that is supposed to say? Ahanix1989 21:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under "History" 

message: I propose to merge the virus author's bio into this article.  WP:1E clearly applies here.  I'm one of the cited sources, so my beliefs in NPOV compel me to propose first rather than to be bold.  Rob Rosenberger (talk) 03:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I have never even heard of the  Anjulie Worm. Can someone make a article about it? If no one does, I eill remove the part about it.  --Fivexthethird (talk) 04:15, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anjulie Worm? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Is it OK to add to the article a link to clip on YouTube that shows how the CIH affects both Windows and the BIOS?
--37.30.17.85 (talk) 13:26, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  external link 

message: In the infobox at the head of the article, there was a picture and caption referring to an artist in Ukraine. It's fine that the artist made a digital representation of his vision of the virus, but it doesn't belong at the head of a technical article. I replaced it with an image showing an A/V intercept message (apparently taken off an old Win95 system). Wikipedia should not be used for promotion, of an artist or anyone/anything else. — UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 15:24, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  was a sockpuppet, so this discussion seems to be done.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox Image?