People seldom remember theDos based viruseswhich wreaked havoc in olden days.
For he has spent decades analysing, collecting and writing about viruses and saving them on old floppy disks.
Some of the earliest malware that infected an MS-DOS computer is now live at the Internet Archive.
The casino virus is neat, Hypponen explained in a 2011 talk that accompanies the collection.
So, youve just lost all your files, he explains.
But it has a copy in RAM, right?
And now it lets you play a game.
If you lose, well, you lose your files too.
No one else will do it for us.
While no one else may do his work for him, others have already given a hand.
Have a look below at what the viruses look like.
The Q Walker sends this cartoon man across your screen.
The Delyrium virus leaves victims make them feel like they are in an earthquake.
The LSD virus does…this.
Zohra turns things psychedelic before leaving a cryptic message.
Q Casino, which is Hyponnens personal favorite, forces the victim to play poker to save their files.
Crew simply displays a logo for a hacker collective.
Flame speaks for itself.
And finally there was Kuku
Do you remember any of the above viruses that infected your school/college computers?
Or perhaps, some other virus not mentioned here may have been a serious threat in those days.
Do note down the virus name so we can bring you an emulated version of that virus.
source: www.techworm.net
