Techno (computer virus)
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The Techno
.com virus, more commonly known as the "Techno Virus", is a computer virus
that infects Windows DOS
. It infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The Virus is loaded into the memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime and corrupts program or overlay files.
), the larger word "TECHNO" has written within it the letters that it is (i.e.: T in "TECHNO" contains smaller T's, E in "TECHNO" contains smaller E's, and so on...).
It is believed that the author of the virus likes the music genre Techno
because of the following reasons:
The bottom of the page contains links to three YouTube.com videos, two demonstrating the virus's actions as it goes, and one that contains a picture of the finished product on the DOS screen and the audio tune that comes from the CPU's audio device.
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
.com virus, more commonly known as the "Techno Virus", is a computer virus
Computer virus
A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability...
that infects Windows DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
. It infects .COM files including COMMAND.COM. The Virus is loaded into the memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime and corrupts program or overlay files.
Activation
The Techno virus activates randomly one out of ten times. The virus uses the CPU's audio device to play a tune that was created by the author of the virus. The tune goes for about 1:49. While the tune is playing, the word "techno" is typed all over the DOS screen in a slow manner, slow enough to make the user of the computer to feel as if a person was typing it at a continuous speed. If the user of the computer presses any button on the keyboard, a line of text will stop typing the word "techno" and type once the phrase "-Don't touch the keyboard-". Once the word "techno" is written all over the screen, the music stops and the word "TECHNO" is written in a large box at the center of the DOS screen. According to two videos, one audio, and one picture (all from YouTubeYouTube
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), the larger word "TECHNO" has written within it the letters that it is (i.e.: T in "TECHNO" contains smaller T's, E in "TECHNO" contains smaller E's, and so on...).
It is believed that the author of the virus likes the music genre Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
because of the following reasons:
- - The word "techno" written all over the DOS screen
- - The word "TECHNO" written in a box at the center of the DOS screen
- - The audio tune played has a similar sound to any songs within the music subgenres of "TranceTrance musicTrance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
" and "Techno Trance"
The bottom of the page contains links to three YouTube.com videos, two demonstrating the virus's actions as it goes, and one that contains a picture of the finished product on the DOS screen and the audio tune that comes from the CPU's audio device.