AIDS (Trojan horse)
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Not to be confused with AIDS (computer virus).
AIDS, also known as Aids Info Disk or PC Cyborg Trojan, is a DOS Trojan horse whose payload mungs and encrypts the names of all directories on drive C:. It was developed by Dr. Joseph Popp (1950-2006), an evolutionary biologist with a doctorate from Harvard. The virus was isolated in 1989.
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Common name | PC Cyborg Trojan |
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Technical name | Aids Info Disk/PC Cyborg Trojan |
Aliases | AIDS!Trojan, Aidsinfo. A trojan, Aidsinfo. B trojan, Cyborg, Trj/AidsInfo. A, Trojan. AidsInfo.a, Trj/AidsInfo. B, Trojan. AidsInfo.b, Trojaids!Trojan, Love virus |
Family | AIDS Trojan |
Classification | Trojan |
Type | DOS |
Subtype | DOS scrambler |
Isolation | 1989 |
Point of isolation | Europe |
Point of origin | United States |
Author(s) | Dr. Joseph Popp |
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