yo ppl, i just wanna take a survey of what you think the most popular and "deadly" virii are or were? just curious :D
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yo ppl, i just wanna take a survey of what you think the most popular and "deadly" virii are or were? just curious :D
Windows ME
no, no str34m3r, script kiddies are the most dangerous...well, most annoying, @least
got in the guiness book of records for most destructive, and i piggybacked on Klez (which disables the AV scanner)
heres the babble from symatec
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Due to the decreased submissions, SARC has down graded this threat level to 3 from 4.
The CIH virus, also known as Chernobyl, was first discovered in June 1998 in Taiwan. According to the Taipei authorities, the CIH virus was written by Chen Ing-hau, and the name of the virus derived from his initials.
CIH is a very destructive virus with a payload that destroys data. On April 26, 1999, the payload triggered for the first time, and caused many computer users to lose their data. In Korea, it was estimated as many as one million computers were affected, resulting in more then $250 million in damages.
In April 2000, although the virus is rather old, Symantec still believes the virus is in the wild and may cause damage to computer users who are using outdated virus definitions or who are not using antivirus software.
Also Known As: Chernobyl, PE_CIH, Win95.CIH, Win32.CIH, W95/CIH.1003, CIH.Spacefiller
Type: Virus
Infection Length: Up to 1KB
Wild:
Number of infections: More than 1000
Number of sites: More than 10
Geographical distribution: Medium
Threat containment: Easy
Removal: Moderate
Threat Metrics
Wild:Medium
Damage:High
Distribution:Medium
Damage:
Payload Trigger: W95.CIH V1.2 and V1.3 (April 26), W95.CIH V1.4 (26th of any month)
Payload: Destroys data and possible damage to CMOS
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Preep
Gotta be :
1. AOL
2. Win ME
3. MSN
=P
For me, the most deadly virus is when the creator of the virus doesn't even know how to create the antidote for the virus he made.
Politroyx > check out this thread :-)
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=230665
AJ
Uhh...lets c:
Theres the person who creates a virus in 2 minutes and sends.
Then theres one who spends a hella long time writing a script as long as a webpage and harder to "kill".
Hey, its almost July 4 and I wonder if theres a new virus for that holiday? :sadwin: :globwhore
lol There's a new virus for everyday, whether it's a holiday or not. It's kinda sad. I always check out the recent viruses on Symantec, and I'm just amazed at how many new ones are discovered on a daily basis
AJ
Presently I think most viruses can't survive a reformat/reinstall... save the old ones that did nasty things like reset "unbreakable" passwords (eg. an old Apple virus that turned an expensive printer in to an equally expensive paperweight by setting its normally unset "usage" password - the "I forgot my password" solution was to buy a new printer).Quote:
Originally posted here by politroyx
For me, the most deadly virus is when the creator of the virus doesn't even know how to create the antidote for the virus he made.
MSN and Windows ME. I have Windows ME on my newest computer (about 1.5 years old) and got about 30 viruses (removed with AV programs before they could cause trouble) and about 25 trojans like Back Orifice 2000, Sub7 (almost all versions), NetBus Pro, Doly Trojan, Deep Throat that left my Windows ME so that Norton Auto-Protect wouldn't even let me start Windows so I had to take me computer into a technician.
I'm going to go by personal experience, and not by AV company satistics.
in short my answer is Nimda.
--- Long version alert ---
The only virus that has managed to cause any sort of concern in the environment that I manage is Nimda.
We had a moron in one of our departments that installed Kaaza onto his non-restricted workstation (couple that with a modem and you're asking for trouble)
After managing to install nimda on his workstation, he then went and managed to infect his departmental web server (after this all computers connecting to the web servers were infected)
this managed to propogate via network share, and served web pages to loads of 1st and 3rd party windows NT servers and workstations, and only came to our attention when my own part of the mess we call a network got hit (all killed by my AV protection).
The ensuing investigation found well over 5,000 infections, and identified 100 or so microsoft servers that had not been kept up to the recommended patch level by the Indian company we pay to do such things. (in fairness our own Microsoft guys screwed up too)
A brief history of infection
Regards
i cant speak from experience since i have never had virus toubles of any kind on my pc.
but i think that just as with biological viruses the best defense is education and prevention.
these viruses wouldnt replicate and spread as easily is the general public were well informed about how a virus works, and took preventative measures against this.
this is why HIV has gone down so much in america, people know about it and protect themselves.
this is why HIV spreads out of control in africa where people still dont know how to protect themselves.
it may seem like a strange comparison but thats just what i see.