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L41 EXC AMF h4_src=DOS.[Chernobyl].exe

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Name
h4_src=DOS.[Chernobyl].exe
Species Gender Age
Herrerasaurus Female 83 (33 years old)
Owner Breeder
UnwrittenTale (#3511) UnwrittenTale (#3511)
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This dinosaur has no contract tied to it.
Notes
~ {Chernobyl} ~

CIH.0149

This variant activates on August 2 instead of April 26.

Unleashed from Taiwan in June of 1998, CIH is recognized as one of the most dangerous and destructive viruses ever. The virus infected Windows 95, 98, and ME executable files and was able to remain resident in a PC’s memory, where it continued to infect other executables.

What made CIH so dangerous is that, shortly after activated, it would overwrite data on the host PC’s hard drive, rendering it inoperable. It was also capable of overwriting the BIOS of the host, preventing boot-up. Because it infected executable files, CIH wound up being distributed by numerous software distributors, including a demo version of an Activision game named Sin.

CIH is also known as the Chernobyl virus because the trigger date of certain strains of the virus coincides with the date of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. The virus is not a serious threat today, thanks to increased awareness and the widespread migration to Windows 2000, XP, and NT, none of which are vulnerable to CIH. - http://www.whatsthelatest.net/news/dangerous-computer-viruses-history/ - & Wikipedia.