I have only know it to damage hard drives.
CIH 1.2 launches itself every April 26th. (It also goes by the name Chernobyl" because it's timed for the anniversary of the Russian nuclear accident.) This one wipes out your hard drive and can even keep your PC from booting up. It's a mean piece of code that's been showing up for months. But Monday's version is said to be the most dangerous. CIH started in Asia last summer and attacks on the 26th of each month. The most potent version, though, shows up on April 26. It gets the name "space filler" for its ability to secretly fill space, thereby making detection more difficult. We recommend installing the latest anti-virus software to catch the bug. If you have recently upgraded your virus detector, due to last month's Melissa scare, you are most likely OK. Since this pesky CIH virus has just damaged hundreds of thousands of hard disk drives, Steve Gibson created a new FREEWARE program to recover from this problem . . . Even AFTER the virus has wiped out a drive! This program quickly recovers FAT32 formatted drives from the damage done by the CIH virus. (Note: Unfortunately, it will not be able to help non-FAT32 formatted drives.) Click Here for Steve's FREE CHI recovery program. The best virus protection is a good Anti-Virus program. Click Here for a list of many of the anti-virus companies. We, at J.R. Whipple & Associates, recommend Trend Micro's anti-virus products. I hope this helps you keep and maintain a proper and safely running computer If you have any computer related questions or needs, feel free to call or Email Me. Ian -------Original Message------- From: Ray Parrish Date: 03/11/2008 04:34:36 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] computer armageddeon Well you're wrong... I knew I had heard of it before but it's so old now people have forgotten about it. There is a virus named CIH that destroys the BIOS chip and makes it necessarey to replace the BIOS chip to fix the motherboard which for all intents and purposes destroys the motherboard. Have a look at this Wikipedia article about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIH_virus Later, Ray Parrish [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
