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Cascade (computer virus)

The Cascade virus (also known as Herbstlaub, "autumn leaves" in Germany) is a prominent computer virus that was a resident written in assembly language, that was widespread in the 1980s and early 1990s. It infected .COM files and made text on the screen cascade (fall) down and form a heap at the bottom of the screen. It was first isolated in 1987.

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Unknown
Aliases
Herbstlaub, Cascade-17Y4
Classification
Virus
Isolation date
1987 (1987)
Platform
DOS
Written in
Assembly language

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Aliases · 1
Cascade (computer virus) → Herbstlaub, Cascade-17Y4
Author · 1
Cascade (computer virus) → Unknown
Classification · 1
Cascade (computer virus) → Virus
Isolation date · 1
Cascade (computer virus) → 1987 (1987)
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Cascade (computer virus) → DOS
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Cascade (computer virus) → Assembly language

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virus cascade infected also known files however one variant herbstlaub written assembly language 1987 cascade-17y4 computer encryption ibm yugoslavia bug

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Cascade (computer virus)AuthorUnknown1.00infobox
Cascade (computer virus)ClassificationVirus1.00infobox
Cascade (computer virus)Isolation date1987 (1987)1.00infobox
Cascade (computer virus)PlatformDOS1.00infobox
Cascade (computer virus)Written inAssembly language1.00infobox

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