Quietly, virus writers amassed invisible, harmless networks as testaments to their chops. For many writers, though, a successful virus didn't necessarily mean messing up someone's computer–or even letting users know that they'd been infected in the first place. Techniques were exchanged rivalries bubbled up. A community coalesced around bulletin boards and newsgroups. They formed groups, and those groups pioneered different ways to infect and proliferate. Skilled coders wanted to show off their skills. "In the DOS era it was very much a hobbyist sort of thing," White explains. The viruses he's collected from the MS-DOS era are malware from a simpler time–a glimpse into a largely forgotten and surprisingly creative subculture.
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Happening across one of White's clips for a virus you've done battle with back in the day can be a surprisingly nostalgic experience.īut while the recent Windows worms may be the most familiar, another subset of White's archive is even more interesting. It's a fascinating cross-section of the virus world, from benign programs that trigger goofy, harmless pop-ups to malicious, hell-raising bits of code.
The contents span decades, stretching from the dawn of personal computing to the heyday of Windows in the late '90s. His YouTube channel, which he started in 2008, includes more than 450 videos, each dedicated to documenting the effect of some old, outdated virus. Nine years and a handful of data loss scares later, White has amassed perhaps the most comprehensive archive of malware-in-action found anywhere on the web. I blame my mom cuz when I say I'll help with something, she doesn't listen), they'll probably wipe it still-I wouldn't know what else to do.Elvira, virus by French programmer Spanska, replicated the Star Wars opening crawl in an ode to his girlfriend. Even if it's one of those that KNOWS what they're doing and doesn't do the exact opposite of what they're asked (we get a lot of those, including odd teens at tmobile whoĭont do their job. They'll wipe it, like they tend to do, legit or not. Or maybe a live boot from an external medium, then from there get your files. In fact, I've never tried this, but it (might) actually be possible to fix it with a Windows reinstall, without losing stuff-as long as it's done right. <-Nvm, scratch that. While most users seeking this article might not find this helpful and are already aware of these things, I wanted to inform some less-experienced or unaware users.Īlso, just FYI, it is entirely possible to overcome the MBR issues by using backups, or any other form of recovery. Not to mention that while it can be a pain to do, it's entirely possible to recover the BIOS. MEMZ doesn't do that-it targets the MBR instead.
One that wears the hard disk, or worse: a twist on the generally "harmless" Stuxnet virus, where instead of only targeting centrifuges.well, how about we turn off the CPU fans? Then the system overheats! Generally though, the closest you'll get to 'destroying'
In a way, it's possible to create a virus the can destroy some hardware, such as If you get a virus, it doesn't "destroy" the PC.
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This is a common misconception from all sorts of PC users. Not listening.Īlso, MEMZ does not "completely brick/destroy computers and data". I just want to clarify, This is the result of one thing: stupidity. Or when a user gets the virus and attempts to use is on his/her friend, not stopping to think how it affects others. MEMZ 4 had a warning message to warn users that the file was dangerous.īut of course we all know what happens when a noob with no computer experience doesn't listen. The developer made Memz 4.0, as well as a clean version. He privately sent it out to some others, and some of the reciepients failed to follow Leurak's request NOT to share it to their peers or strangers. Leurak, the creator of the virus, intended it only to be for fun, and it was for Youtuber danooct1's 'Viewer-made malware' series.
Lemme explain, to those of you still with questions about MEMZ.
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