1260 (computer virus)

IBM PC DOS computer file virus 1260 1260 N/A V2P1, Chameleon Virus DOS Nonresident .COM-Infector 1990 USA Mark Washburn 1260, or V2PX,"Threat Assessment of Malicious Code and Human Threats," https://web.archive.org/web/20110423085041/http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistir/threats/subsubsection3_3_1_1.html 2011-04-23 History of Viruses, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Computer Security Division, internal report.http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/timeline.htm IBM's PC "Virus Timeline," research.ibm.com https://web.archive.org/web/20121027045532/http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/timeline.htm 27 October 2012IBM research report. was a polymorphic computer virus written in 1990 by Mark Washburn. Derived from Ralf Burger's publication of the disassembled Vienna Virus source code, the 1260 added a cipher and varied its signature by randomizing its decryption algorithm. Both the 1260 and Vienna infect .COM files in the current or PATH directories upon execution. Changing an authenticated executable file is detected by most modern computer operating systems.McAfee Labs Threat Center https://web.archive.org/web/20110728182113/http://www.mcafee.com/threat-intelligence/malware/default.aspx?id=98074 2011-07-28 , Details and results of V2PX virus analysis."Patricia Hoffman's VSUM Virus Information Summary List," https://web.archive.org/web/20110927162039/http://wiw.org/~meta/vsum/view.php?vir=1476 2011-09-27 V2P6 virus."1260 (computer virus)," https://web.archive.org/web/20210817210014/http://www.articleworld.org/index.php?title=1260_(computer_virus)&printable=yes 2021-08-17 article. References Category:DOS file viruses Category:1990s in hacking Category:1990 in computing