computer-virus on S Anand

Code Red virus spread animaton

Mon, 06 Aug 2001 12:00:00 +0000

This study has some nice animations on how the Code Red virus spread geographically.

Navidad.exe

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 12:00:00 +0000

I received a file called Navidad.exe a few days ago and stupidly ran it. Turned out to be a virus that killed the system. Google produced no answers to searches on “Navidad.exe virus” except a posting on egroups – in Spanish. A translation through Babelfish almost yielded readable material and I was able to fix it. Symantec’s AV Center has a cure.

Hanson.scr

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Speaking of viruses, anyone heard of a virus called ‘Hanson.scr’? I got this mail from home that had nothing but an attachment, and I’m sure it’s a virus. It keeps sending itself to me, and tries connecting to the Internet when I run it.