Browse Encyclopaedia by Subject
Abbreviations
Actors
Aircraft
Architecture
Computer Viruses
Costume
Dictionary
Food & Drink
Gazetteer
General Information
Heraldry
Language
Latin
Medicine
Money
Movies
Music
Mythology
Nature
People
Recreation
Rocks & Minerals
SciTech
Shakespeare
Ships
Slang
Warfare

Free Photographs

Antiquarian Map Archive

The Probert Encyclopaedia of Computer Viruses

BAD BOY VIRUS

The Bad Boy Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files and data files.
Research Bad Boy Virus

BAD BRAINS VIRUS

The Bad Brains Virus is a compacted version of the HR Virus Strain B, modified by Hellraiser. It is an encrypted computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program files.
Research Bad Brains Virus

BAD COMMAND VIRUS

The Bad Command Virus is a VCL generated computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND. COM by overwriting the original file with itself. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program files.
Research Bad Command Virus

BAD GUY VIRUS

The Bad Guy Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation.
Research Bad Guy Virus

BAD SECTORS 1.2 VIRUS

The Bad Sectors 1.2 Virus is a computer virus which uses stealth techniques to avoid detection and which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND. COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Bad Sectors 1.2 Virus

BAD-389 VIRUS

The Bad-389 Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Bad-389 Virus

BADTRANS

BadTrans is a Windows worm which spreads as an email attachment. BadTrans executes arbitrary code and logs keystrokes, placing a Trojan on the infected system through the Internet Explorer MIME Header Vulnerability.
Research BadTrans

BAGLE

The Win32.Bagle virus, also known as the Win32.Beagle virus is a family of polymorphic mass-mailing viruses that infect computers using the Windows operating system and use their own built in SMTP engine to spread through emails, sending emails to addresses found in files on the infected computer. The virus arrives as an attachment to an email which purports to come from one of management, administration, staff, anti-virus, anti-spam, no-reply or support at the recipient domain. The attachment is a randomly named .exe file, stored inside a .zip file, a .rar file, or a .pif file. The .zip and .rar files file may be password-protected. The file name, without the extension, may be one of the following: Attach, Details, Document, Encrypted, Gift, Info, Information, Message, MoreInfo, Readme, Text, TextDocument, details, first part, pub document, or text document. Upon being executed, the attachment copies itself to the Windows system directory (typically \windows\system or \windows\system32) as 'winupd.exe' and as winupd.exeopen and as
winupd.exeopenopen which is either a copy of the virus, or a password-protected zip or rar file that contains the virus in which case the file winupd.exeopenopenopen which is a .bmp file containing an image of the password for the zip/rar file is also created. The registry is also amended with the value 'winupd.exe'='%System%\winupd.exe' being added to the registry key HKEY CURRENT USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run so that the virus starts when the Windows operating system starts. The virus also attaches itself to .exe files which it then tries to copy through file sharing systems such as Kazaa and iMesh and opens a backdoor, listening on TCP port 2556.
Research Bagle

BAK VIRUS

The Bak Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Bak Virus

BAMESTRA VIRUS

The Bamestra Virus is an encrypted computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Bamestra Virus

BANANA VIRUS

The Banana Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program.
Research Banana Virus

BANDIT VIRUS

The Bandit Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM, .EXE and overlay files including COMMAND. COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer' s runtime operation and corrupts data files.
Research Bandit Virus

BAOBAB 731 VIRUS

The Baobab 731 Virus is a computer virus which infects .EXE files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Baobab 731 Virus

BARCELONA VIRUS

The Barcelona Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM files. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation, corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Barcelona Virus

BAROK

Barok is a password Trojan that communicates through port 25. Barok emails passwords found on the infected computer back to the hacker.
Research Barok

BARON NIGHT

Baron Night is a network backdoor Trojan that communicates through port 31337.
Research Baron Night

BARROTES 2 VIRUS

The Barrotes 2 Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files including COMMAND.COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Barrotes 2 Virus

BARROTES VIRUS

The Barrotes Virus is a computer virus which infects .COM, .EXE and overlay files including COMMAND. COM. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer' s runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
Research Barrotes Virus

 
Your host - Matt Probert

The Probert Encyclopaedia was designed, edited and programed by Matt and Leela Probert

©1993 - 2009 The Probert Encyclopaedia

Southampton, United Kingdom

 
Home  Publishers  Quiz  Products  Photos  FAQ  Privacy Policy  Add URL Contact  Site Map