CIH

CIH (also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller) is a Windows 9x computer virus which first appeared in 1998. It was created by Chen Ing-hau, a Chinese student. The name CIH is based on his initials. The name Chernobyl is based on the activation date of April 26, the date of the Chernobyl disaster. The name Spacefiller is based on the fact that the virus attaches itself to unused space in existing programs. After the virus is run on April 26, it will start adding random data to files on the hard drive. On some computers it will also corrupt the BIOS. This will leave the computer unable to operate until the hard drive is recovered with data recovery software and the BIOS is manually reflashed with an EEPROM programmer. It does not infect Windows NT, CE, 2000, XP, or any later version of Windows, and it does not infect plain DOS or Windows 3.11 or older. It resulted in over 1 billion USD worth in damages.從CIH「重裝駭客」變身「除錯超人」  In 1999, IBM shipped some of their Aptiva computers with the virus already on the computer. Some games, like Activision's SiN and Electronic Arts' Wing Commander came with the virus.

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