News Burst: CIH antidote available for free

Summary: The Anti Virus Research Centre at Symantec has developed a free tool, it says will "turn off" all strains of the CIH virus.

By Richard Barry | August 17, 1998 -- 13:28 GMT (06:28 PDT)

Symantec claims the antidote to CIH is so clever it doesn't need to re-boot the affected PC.

CIH infects 32-bit Windows 95/98 and NT executable files. The virus infects a computer's memory and infects new files as they are opened. It also attempts to modify or corrupt some Flash BIOS systems. When successful, CIH can lock a computer.

Topic: Security

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