Chapter 919: Infects 20 million computers worldwide
"Strange, who changed my desktop icon?"
Early in the morning, Towne turned on his computer and prepared to make a file.
It's just that, strangely, when he turns on the computer, he finds that all the icons have changed to pandas.
By the way, the panda is still holding three sticks of incense.
At first, Towne thought it was his girlfriend's prank, and he didn't care about him.
Because he clicks on the icons, he can continue to use the program.
However, when he finished the file and wanted to change the icons back to the original shortcut icons, Towne found that he couldn't change them back.
"Ask the big guys, how to change the desktop icon back to the original icon?"
Logging into the instant messenger, Towne asks everyone for help in a group.
This said, and the group suddenly became enthusiastic.
"I'm grass, I want to ask that question too. ”
"Yes, yes, I also want to know, I used dozens of minutes of method, but the icon just can't be changed back to the original. ”
"Although these pandas are very cute, there are pandas all over the screen, and I actually don't like them. ”
"No, yours is also a panda icon?"
"yes, yours too?"
"It's not ......"
Everyone sent screenshots of their desktops one after another.
It turned out that a group of netizens who wanted to change back to the original icon were all icons of pandas burning incense.
"I'm grass, why are our icons all the same?"
With a chuckle in his heart, Towne felt that this was extraordinary.
You know, if it's a girlfriend prank, it's impossible to be the same as someone else.
Could it be that the prank of changing the panda icon has been popular recently?
This is naturally impossible.
Since it is impossible.
So, the reasonable explanation for the unanimous change of the icons of netizens into panda icons, that is, they have all been infected with the virus.
"I'm grass, we're not going to get the virus, are we? ”
"It feels like it is. ”
"Ahhh ”
It's just a pity.
Although a series of netizens have installed anti-virus software on their computers, this virus can't be killed no matter how much they check and kill.
The screen is full of icons, all of which are panda patterns.
Even the icon of the antivirus software has changed to the appearance of a panda burning incense.
[The latest news: a new type of virus panda burns incense in the Windows system]
[Panda burning incense has so far infected 1 million Windows computers around the world. 】
[This is by far the fastest spreading computer virus in the world]
Compared with the general public, the media has also begun to report on the virus of panda incense burning.
Relevant experts said that they hope that users will download the latest antivirus software virus database and take security precautions.
Although it is said that this is the case, the transmission speed of panda incense burning does not decrease at all, but begins to accelerate.
At the beginning, the media exposed that 1 million units were infected, and just that night, he infected 3 million units.
The next day, Panda burned incense to raise the number to 7 million.
"I'm grass, what kind of virus is this, so ferocious. ”
"I don't know, but this virus is so fierce that I was also tricked. ”
"No, you're infected with the virus too. ”
"No, don't believe me, I'll send you a screenshot of my desktop to show you. ”
Thereupon.
Thousands of computer desktop screenshots infected by panda incense have been uploaded to all corners of the Internet like snowflakes.
Anyway, viruses are really unpreventable.
Although quite a few people listened to the opinions of experts and downloaded the latest virus database.
But they found that even downloading it was useless.
The one who should have been recruited was still recruited.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you, it's better to use less Internet lately? If you want to go to an Internet café, you can also go to an Internet café to surf the Internet. ”
"Why?"
"That panda burns incense so badly, as long as you go online, there is a high probability of being infected with the virus. ”
"Isn't there antivirus software, what are you afraid of?"
"If antivirus software really works, do you think Panda Burning Incense can infect so many computers? You see, 10 million units have been infected now. ”
"Nima, it was only 7 million yesterday. ”
"I'll tell you a little gossip, don't tell anyone else. ”
"What's the news?"
"It is said that all the antivirus software companies in the world have nothing to do with this virus. ”
"I'm grass, isn't it. ”
Although this is grapevine, it is not to be believed.
However, for those users who have updated their virus databases, they can't help but believe it.
If not.
So why is it still tricked after updating the virus database?
......
"Steve, what's the matter with that panda burning incense?"
"Don't worry, Bill, listen to me. ”
"Can I not be in a hurry, this virus has infected 20 million computers, and I am not in a hurry, he will infect hundreds of millions of computers. ”
Bill on the front foot was extremely calm, but just a few days after leaving the company, a super virus broke out.
At that time, Bill also felt that with Steve's ability and the strength of the world's major antivirus software vendors, he could handle it.
But unexpectedly, this virus is so powerful that Microsoft and the major antivirus software manufacturers seem to be powerless.
"Bill, at present, this virus only maliciously changes the shortcut icon of the computer, and it will not cause too much harm to the computer for the time being. ”
"I just want to know when the virus will be extinguished. ”
Bill naturally knew that the virus didn't seem to be very destructive.
At the same time, he also vaguely believes that this virus is made by Huanyu Technology.
But it's one thing to be skeptical, it's another to have evidence or not.
But now is not the time to doubt, and the biggest problem now is to destroy this virus.
If not.
Even if this virus is no longer destructive, it has a huge impact on Windows.
Especially now.
Huanyu Technology has used their network of friends, Huanyu Video to attack Windows in public opinion.
And they also called in experts to analyze it.
Experts believe that the reason why Windows is threatened by a super virus like this one is actually related to the security of their system.
Windows has done a good job in the ecosystem, but it has always been their weakness in terms of system security.
But on the other hand, the Universal System is different.
Huanyu System is a PC operating system developed based on Linux, and it surpasses Windows in the level of system security.
Of course, this is nonsense, or it is advertising for the Huanyu system.
But it doesn't matter if it's nonsense, as long as it's useful.
Just like now, many people are still entangled in the Huanyu system, and there are many viruses.
Compared to windows, a super virus panda burning incense, it's just a drop in the bucket.
Because from beginning to end, only a few hundred thousand units of the Huanyu system have been infected by a certain virus.
But on the Windows side, it has already broken 20 million.
Fortunately, the virus is not that destructive.
Some experts predict that if the virus is slightly more destructive, the global losses will reach tens of billions.
"Bill, listen to me, we have joined forces with major system security vendors around the world to study this virus. ”
"Is this virus so powerful?"
Steve smiled wryly: "Bill, this is the first time we have encountered such a virus. This virus is different from traditional viruses, although it is not so destructive, but this is deliberately done by the maker, and he can completely make the system unable to operate normally. ”
"And then?"
"His peculiarity lies in his terrifying transmissibility, as long as a user is infected with this virus, he will automatically spread it to other users on the Internet. In addition, he also has a disgusting self-replication function, and after killing this he becomes another. Moreover, his copy is not an exact copy of an exact copy of himself, but a copy of another variant. This trick directly leaves a lot of antivirus software without any way. Unless, we can figure out how many variants there are...... But it will take time. Our concern is that in the time it takes us to study all variants of this virus, the virus could be contagious enough to infect 50 million computers worldwide. ”
At such a large level, even if this virus does not have any lethality, it is terrifying to think about.
And, who knows if this virus has always been like this.
If the time comes for a very destructive variant, it will be a disaster for Windows.