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4k is a computer virus which infects COM files and EXE files. The virus was one of the first to employ stealth tactics. Infected systems will hang, after September 22 every year, which is also the date of birth Bilbo Baggins, a character from the wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings Lord of the Rings. The code was intended to display the message Frodo Lives, but hangs in all known variants. This virus was spread without the aid of the Internet. It was ported between systems by floppy disks.

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  • 4K
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  • 4k is a computer virus which infects COM files and EXE files. The virus was one of the first to employ stealth tactics. Infected systems will hang, after September 22 every year, which is also the date of birth Bilbo Baggins, a character from the wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings Lord of the Rings. The code was intended to display the message Frodo Lives, but hangs in all known variants. This virus was spread without the aid of the Internet. It was ported between systems by floppy disks.
  • <default>4K</default> Type Subtype Creator(s) Date Place of Origin Source Language Platform File Type Aliases Family File Size Infection Size Infection Impact Reported Costs MD5 Hash SHA1 Hash CRC32 Hash Virus.DOS.4K, also known as Frodo, is a stealth DOS virus that used a form of polymorphic encryption. Infected systems will hang, after September 22 every year, which is also the date of birth of Bilbo Baggins, a character from the The Lord of the Rings. The code was intended to display the message Frodo Lives, but hangs in all known variants.
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Date
  • October 1989/1990 [Isolated]
Origin
  • Dallas, TX
Platform
Name
  • 4.0
Type
  • Stealth COM-files and EXE-files infector
  • virus
Abilities
  • All types of computers
filetype
  • .COM, .EXE
AKA
  • Virus.DOS.4K
abstract
  • 4k is a computer virus which infects COM files and EXE files. The virus was one of the first to employ stealth tactics. Infected systems will hang, after September 22 every year, which is also the date of birth Bilbo Baggins, a character from the wikipedia:The Lord of the Rings Lord of the Rings. The code was intended to display the message Frodo Lives, but hangs in all known variants. This virus was spread without the aid of the Internet. It was ported between systems by floppy disks.
  • <default>4K</default> Type Subtype Creator(s) Date Place of Origin Source Language Platform File Type Aliases Family File Size Infection Size Infection Impact Reported Costs MD5 Hash SHA1 Hash CRC32 Hash Virus.DOS.4K, also known as Frodo, is a stealth DOS virus that used a form of polymorphic encryption. Infected systems will hang, after September 22 every year, which is also the date of birth of Bilbo Baggins, a character from the The Lord of the Rings. The code was intended to display the message Frodo Lives, but hangs in all known variants.
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