Case 04/02. Virus museum ↔ virus
Музей вирусов ↔ вирус
Art
- Artist
- Mikko Hyppönen, Internet Archive; Guo O Dong
- Work
- Malware Museum; The Persistence of Chaos
- Year
- 2016; 2019
The Malware Museum on archive.org runs neutralised DOS viruses: Casino, Ambulance, Cascade. In 2019 a laptop carrying six viruses sold as an artwork for $1.345 million.
Code
malware
A virus copies itself into other files. Old viruses showed pictures; today's silently encrypt your data and demand a ransom.
Action
Turn on automatic system updates.
Включите автоматическое обновление системы.
The label in the room
The same hash is printed at the foot of the label. If they match, nobody changed the text.
Old viruses drew pictures on the screen; now they hang in a museum. Today's silently encrypt your files and ask for ransom. Turn on automatic system updates.
Старые вирусы рисовали на экране картинки, их теперь показывают в музее. Нынешние молча шифруют файлы и просят выкуп. Включите автоматическое обновление системы.
SHA-256 of the Russian label text 9de7776bd52515645ab9bf2befaf6ac0a82496b75f4f0ce82340bf93ae796ffb
In the room
A projection of neutralised DOS viruses
Rights
Our own object