Pikachus Ball

Last Updated: 10/01/2001 11:59

This information is a hoax/joke/urban legend and should be ignored. The original was in Spanish, below is an English translation:

WARNING!!!!!!

YESTERDAY THE COMPANY SYMANTEC, CREATOR OF NORTON ANTIVIRUS, PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES A NOTE WHICH MENTIONS A NEW VIRUS THAT IS VERY RECENT AND THERE IS NO CURE. THE VIRUS ARRIVES IN AN E-MAIL.

SUBJECT: A GREAT GAME FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
ATTACHMENT: PIKACHUS BALL.exe

When OPENING the FILE, an ANIMATION OF PIKACHU APPEARS(THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER OF POKEMON SERIES), the ANIMATION IS VERY GRACEFUL, IT SHOWS PIKACHU DOING FUNNY STUFF, BUT MEANWHILE the VIRUS REPLICATES IN YOUR COMPUTER, IT DIRECTLY ATTACKS the FILE ALLOCATION TABLE.  WHENEVER YOU RUN A PROGRAM, the VIRUS EXECUTES AGAIN. BUT THIS IS NOT ALL THAT IT DOES, IT ALSO ELIMINATES ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE, CREATES AN IP CONFLICT(CONNECTION TO INTERNET) AND WHENEVER IT'S ACCESSED WITH WINDOWS EXPLORER WITH THE INTENTION OF UPDATING YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE (THAT WAS ALREADY ERASED) PIKACHU APPEARS AGAIN. WHEN THE ATTEMPT IS MADE TO INSTALL A NEW PROGRAM, THE VIRUS CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET, SENDS ITSELF TO ALL YOUR ADDRESS BOOK ENTRIES, SENDS YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD TO THE AUTHOR OF THE VIRUS AND FORWARDS EVERYTHING ON THE HARD DISK TO HIM, LEAVING LIKE ONE FILE, THE VIRUS, AND UPON REBOOT, THE VIRUS IS EXECUTED AND EVERYTHING BEGINS AGAIN, LEAVING THE HARD DISK UNUSABLE, BUT IT ALSO KEEPS A COPY IN THE BIOS, LEAVING IT UNU
SABLE. IT SENDS ITSELF TO ALL THOSE THAT YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE IS VERY LITTLE PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE ON THE VIRUS.