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VIRUS INFORMATION
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| Virus Fact Sheet |
| Name: | CIH |
| Alias: | Chernobyl Virus |
| Who is affected? | Systems running Windows 95 or 98 |
| What does it do? | Strikes on anniversaries of Chernobyl disaster (4/26).
Overwrites the hard disk and flash bios of the infected computer resulting in complete data loss and possibility of computer being completely unusable. |
| How is it spread? | Originally, through pirated software. |
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| Status: | Asia hit hard at first, little damage in the west. Almost completely inactive now. |
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