AIDS (Trojan horse)
AIDS, also known as Aids Info Disk or PC Cyborg Trojan, is a trojan horse that replaces the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which would then be used by AIDS to count the number of times the computer has booted. Once this boot count reaches 90, AIDS hides directories and encrypts the names of all files on drive C: (rendering the system unusable), at which time the user is asked to 'renew the license' and contact PC Cyborg Corporation for payment (which would involve sending 189 US$ to a post office box in Panama). There exists more than one version of AIDS, and at least one version does not wait to munge drive C:, but will hide directories and encrypt file names upon the first boot after AIDS is installed. The AIDS software also presented to the user an end user license agreement, some of which read:
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AIDS (Trojan horse)
AIDS, also known as Aids Info Disk or PC Cyborg Trojan, is a trojan horse that replaces the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which would then be used by AIDS to count the number of times the computer has booted. Once this boot count reaches 90, AIDS hides directories and encrypts the names of all files on drive C: (rendering the system unusable), at which time the user is asked to 'renew the license' and contact PC Cyborg Corporation for payment (which would involve sending 189 US$ to a post office box in Panama). There exists more than one version of AIDS, and at least one version does not wait to munge drive C:, but will hide directories and encrypt file names upon the first boot after AIDS is installed. The AIDS software also presented to the user an end user license agreement, some of which read:
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AIDS – koń trojański stworzony ...... DS, która infekowała komputer.
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AIDS, also known as Aids Info ...... malware known as "ransomware".
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AIDS, ook bekend als Aids Info ...... mputer is opgestart te tellen.
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AIDS!Trojan, Aidsinfo. A troja ...... b, Trojaids!Trojan, Love virus
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Dr. Joseph Popp
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PC Cyborg Trojan
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DOS scrambler.
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Aids Info Disk/PC Cyborg Trojan
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AIDS – koń trojański stworzony ...... DS, która infekowała komputer.
@pl
AIDS, also known as Aids Info ...... agreement, some of which read:
@en
AIDS, ook bekend als Aids Info ...... e computer is opgestart te tel
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AIDS (Trojan horse)
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AIDS (koń trojański)
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AIDS (malware)
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