Year 2000 Computer Viruses and Hoaxes - List of the approximate number of reports the CERT/CC has received on viruses and hoaxes that reference Y2K. There are also links to anti-virus vendors having Y2K virus and hoax web pages.
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<H1>Year 2000 Computer Viruses and Hoaxes</H1>
<P>
<BR>Initial Release: December 16, 1999</P>
<A NAME="intro">
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<OL TYPE="I">
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cert.org/y2k-info/y2k-virus.html#I">CERT/CC Virus and Hoax Reports</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cert.org/y2k-info/y2k-virus.html#II">Information about Y2K Viruses by Anti-Virus Vendors</A></LI>
</OL>
<HR NOSHADE SIZE="2" ALIGN="LEFT"><A NAME="I"></A>
<H3>CERT/CC Virus and Hoax Reports</H3>
<P> The following items are the approximate number of reports we have
received of computer viruses and hoaxes that have some reference to Y2K.
If you would like detailed information for the following viruses and hoaxes,
check the virus databases maintained by the anti-virus vendors. A list of
the databases can be found in the following document:
<P>
<DT><DD><B>CERT/CC Computer Virus Resources </B>
<DT><DD><A HREF="http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html">
http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html</A>
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<CAPTION ALIGN="top"><B>Y2K Viruses</B></CAPTION>
<TR>
<TH>Virus Name*</TH>
<TH>Reports to CERT/CC**</TH>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>Babylonia</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>Fix2001, Fix2001, Win32.Admin.12288</TD>
<TD>1</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>Mypics, Pics4You.exe</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>Polyglot, Y2K Count, Count2k</TD>
<TD>7</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>W97M.Chantal, W97M.Epileptic, W97M/Epi</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>W97M.MMKV, W97M/MMK.a</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>W32.HLLW, Win32/Randir</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<CAPTION ALIGN="top"><B>Y2K Hoaxes</B></CAPTION>
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<TH>HOAX Name*</TH>
<TH>Reports to CERT/CC**</TH>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>AOL Year 2000 Update, Y2KFIX.EXE</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<TD>FROGAPULT, ELFBOWL, Y2KGAME Virus</TD>
<TD>2</TD>
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<TD>Happy New Year Virus</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<TD>Jan1st20.exe Virus</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="center">
<TD>South Park News Letter</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<TD>Windows will Fail on Jan 1</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<TD>Y2K7</TD>
<TD>none</TD>
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<P>
* A single virus or hoax may have a number of different names.
<BR>
** These numbers only include direct reports to CERT/CC. These
numbers do not include reports to anti-virus vendors or other
anti-virus organizations.
<P>
<HR NOSHADE SIZE="2" ALIGN="LEFT"><A NAME="II"></A>
<H3>Information about Y2K Viruses by Anti-virus Vendors</H3>
This following sites have a variety of information about computer
viruses and hoaxes that have some relation to Y2K. AVERT and SARC
also have listings of trigger dates for various viruses.
<UL>
<LI><B>AVERT Y2K Resource Center</B>
(<A HREF="http://www.nai.com/">Network Associates, Inc.</A>)</LI>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/y2k_intro.asp">
http://www.nai.com/asp_set/anti_virus/avert/y2k_intro.asp</A>
<DT>
<P>
<LI><B>Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC) Year 2000 Awareness Center</B>
(<A HREF="http://www.symantec.com/">Symantec</A>)</LI>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/y2k/">
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/y2k/</A>
<P>
<LI><B>Y2K Virus Watch</B>
(<A HREF="http://www.trendmicro.com/">Trend Micro, Inc.</A>)</LI>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.antivirus.com/cybercontent/y2k/">
http://www.antivirus.com/cybercontent/y2k/</A>
<P>
</UL>
The following are papers from vendors discussing virus problems relating to Y2K.
<UL>
<LI><B>The Y2K Situation and Computer Viruses Special Bulletin</B>
(<A HREF="http://www.esafe.com/">Aladdin Knowledge Systems</A>)</LI>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.esafe.com/csrt/y2kvirus.html">
http://www.esafe.com/csrt/y2kvirus.html</A>
<P>
<LI><B>Whitepaper -- "Is there a Y2K virus problem?"</B>
(<A HREF="http://www.sophos.com/">Sophos</A>)</LI>
<DT><A HREF="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/whitepapers/Y2K.html">
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/whitepapers/Y2K.html</A>
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