Cih Virus

Information about CIH virus:

                     A more dangerous and deadly virus called "CIH" has spread rapidly and remains dormant in many computers. This virus will wake up or get activated on 26th of April and it will damage the motherboard and the hard disk. The damage caused could be extreme and expensive.       

                     The computer motherboards manufactured in the last few years store their BIOS on a flash ROM chip which are rewritable. The CIH virus directly attacks the code stored in the flash ROM chip and makes the computer unbootable.

                     In certain motherboard the BIOS chip are replaceable and solution is possible by inserting a new chip. However in most of the cases the BIOS chip is soldered to the motherboard and there is no solution except to replace the motherboard which could be expensive. If the Flash BIOS is write-protected by jumper set then the CIH virus will delete all the data stored on hard disk, which puts every computer at risk irrespective of the BIOS layout.

                     At present there are 15 known versions of CIH virus which destroys the motherboard and hard disk. The first and second version will drop its payload on 26th April. The third version strikes on 26th June and the fourth version on the 26th of every month. These four variants are frequently reported in the wild.

Data recovery for CIH virus

                     It is possible to recover the data from a Hard disk affected by CIH virus. We have sucessfully recovered data from most of the Hard disks. If you have any data to be recovered from your hard disk contact 044-28170440 or service@fireav.com.

Removing CIH virus from your computer:

                     Fire has incorporated CIH into its virus signature file, with the aim of helping users affected by this Worm attack to detect and eliminate it from their systems. Fire anti-virus users can update this signature file from our web site. A free utility also available to detect and clean this virus. Click this link CleanCIH.exe to get a copy of CIH scanner and remover.

                     To find other viruses use our FireLite version. A free download of FireLite [ 1100KB ] version is available to detect all viruses. If you find any virus, use registered windows version of Fire to remove. To get the registered version of Fire call us at 044-28170440, 55872399 or mail to service@fireav.com or purchase Fire online using