Virus Encyclopedia

Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.

Pakistani Brain

 
Threat LevelModerate threat
DamageHigh
DistributionNot widespread

Effects

Pakistani Brain spreads to other computers by copying its code to other files or programs. It has damaging effects on the affected computer.

 

Means of transmission 


Pakistani Brain does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs the attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.

Further Details  

Pakistani Brain has the following additional characteristics:

  • It is 512 bytes in size.