Code Red (2001) virus

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This virus owes its referential name to the fact that its creators drank an American soft drink called Code Red Mountain Dew at all times. He attacked Windows NT or 2000 platforms running Microsoft's IIS by creating a replica of the system.

Then it would attack the IDQ.DLL file. To activate a chain of characters repeated “n” times until executing its own code and infecting the victim computer. This virus was known to reside in system memory which was impossible to detect by antivirus at the time.

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