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Trickbot was first reported in October 2016. It is propagated by methods including executable programs, batch files, email phishing, Google Docs, and fake sexual harassment claims. [3] The Web site Bleeping Computer has tracked the evolution of TrickBot from its start as a banking Trojan.
The concept behind a fork bomb — the processes continually replicate themselves, potentially causing a denial of service. In computing, a fork bomb (also called rabbit virus) is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack wherein a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, slowing down or crashing the system due to resource starvation.
The hoax claimed that SULFNBK.EXE was a virus, and contained instructions to locate and delete the file. While the instructions worked, they were needless and (in some rare cases, for example, when the long file names are damaged and need to be restored) can cause disruptions, as SULFNBK.EXE is not a virus, but instead an operating system ...
prank.link prank.link [305] [303] prankyourfriends.com prankyourfriends.com Part of the same network as React 365. [291] PunkShare PunkShare.com [309] react2424.com react2424.com Part of the same network as React 365. [291] React 365 React365.com This user-created fake news generator, supposedly for "pranking your friends", had at least two ...
The jdbgmgr.exe virus hoax involved an e-mail spam in 2002 that advised computer users to delete a file named jdbgmgr.exe because it was a computer virus. jdbgmgr.exe, which had a little teddy bear like icon (The Microsoft Bear), was actually a valid Microsoft Windows file, the Debugger Registrar for Java (also known as Java Debug Manager, hence jdbgmgr).
After carrying out the above payload, the virus hangs the operating system, requiring users to perform a Hard boot by forcibly shutting the machine down by cutting the power, then turning the machine back on. Afterwards, the PC is completely unusable, as all .bat, .com, .exe, .ht, .hta, .pif and .scr files have been hooked to the virus itself ...
Others include randomly moving the cursor slightly; opening up satirical Google searches under Google.co.ck, such as "how to remove a virus" and "how to get money" on the user's web browser; reversing text; and opening various random Microsoft Windows programs, such as the calculator or command prompt.
Appearance of Lehigh virus (discovered at its namesake university), [20] boot sector viruses such as Yale from the US, Stoned from New Zealand, Ping Pong from Italy, and appearance of the first self-encrypting file virus, Cascade. Lehigh was stopped on campus before it spread to the "wild" (to computers beyond the university), and as a result ...