CIH
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| Author(s) | Chen Ing-hau (CIH) |
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| Point of origin | Taiwan |
| Classification | Computer virus |
| Programming language | Assembly language |
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| ID | 2479432 |
About CIH
CIH, also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus which first emerged in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable systems, overwriting critical information on infected system drives, and in some cases destroying the system BIOS.
