Friday, 28. May 2004
Topic: COMPUTER - on May 28, 2004 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
First 64-bit Windows virus
Anti-virus researchers at Symantec yesterday spotted the first virus capable of infecting 64-bit Windows systems.
Rugrat was created to prove a point rather than to be released into the wild. The proof-of-concept virus poses no immediate risk to Itanic users, but as the population of IA64 systems grows that risk of 64-bit worms will also increase. The virus is also capable of infecting 32-bit computers running 64-bit emulation software.
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