Panda is a cute animal, and it is also unique to China, but the "panda burning incense" today has nothing to do with cute pandas, because it is a terrible virus that paralyzes countless computers. The nightmare of the first batch of computer users is also a milestone for China's Internet.
"Panda Burning Incense" illustration
At the end of 2006, some computers in China had a virus called "Panda Burning Incense". The virus spread quickly through shared local area networks, USB flash drives, and web browsing. If you open the web page, the computer will run slowly, blue screen, and freeze, and then all the computer icons will become a panda holding three sticks of incense.
Computers infected by "Panda Burning Incense"
"Panda Burning Incense" virus is a kind of worm virus . It can continuously copy infection and change file icons. It can bypass antivirus software and quickly Delete the files with the extension " gho " so that the computer cannot use ghost software to restore the operating system. As long as the files ending in "exe, com, pif, src, html, asp" in the computer, they will be bound by the virus. Clicking on the webpage will jump to the specified page to download the virus. At the same time, the task manager and the registry cannot be opened, and will be closed once opened, so this is the reason why the "Panda Burning Incense" virus cannot be cracked.
Computers infected by the "Panda Burning Incense" virus
There were tens of millions of computers infected by the "Panda Burning Incense" virus during the period 2006-2007, sweeping across the country, whether individuals or enterprises, including police stations, countries The computer files of government agencies were basically scrapped after being infected with this virus. The economic losses caused by the number of infected computers in the year were incalculable, but it is conservatively estimated that the loss was hundreds of millions of yuan.
The 27kb "Panda Burning Incense" virus paralyzed the entire computer. The famous antivirus software " rising, , Kaspersky, Jiangmin, , norton, Jinshan" and other antivirus software were not activated. The virus is gone,The entire network management department has no countermeasures. The only way to crack this virus is a physical attack: smash the computer.
finally alarmed the National Virus Emergency Response Center and established an expert group consisting of the Public Security Bureau of Xiantao City, Hubei. After several day and night investigations, the expert group locked the suspect- Li Jun
Li Jun
was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1982. His family background is average, and his parents are ordinary migrant workers. From elementary school to middle school, Li Jun spent his time in the school for his children. After the high school entrance examination, Li Jun's scores could only be admitted to an ordinary high school in the town. His mother felt that the possibility of him being admitted to university was very low, so he was transferred to the technical school in the factory to facilitate future work arrangements.
Li Jun was arranged by his parents to study in a technical school. He studied cement, but he still wanted to go to high school and university more in his heart. In the secondary school class, there will be pen pal making activities. In addition to the self-introduction of both parties, there is a fixed format column that says "the most regrettable thing." Li Jun wrote: Did not go to college.
In 1999, the factory's development direction was adjusted, and Li Jun’s specialty also became Mechatronics. It was at this time that Li Jun came into contact with the Internet and began to learn the "DOS, Windows" operating system, but it really helped him On the path of hackers, he encountered another hacker in the Internet cafe-Huang Lei
Huang Lei (left)
After the US bombed China’s "Embassy in South Africa" in 1999, hackers from China and the United States A big battle broke out on the Internet. Huang Lei was one of the Chinese hackers. At that time, Huang Lei was busy doing a task assigned by the hacker organization, and Li Jun just saw it and was very interested in it. Met Huang Lei.
Because of his strong interest in hackers, Li Jun followed Huang Lei to learn the skills of hackers, quit his job in the factory, and left home to work in the urban area of Wuhan. During the period, he did a lot of work. The computer city is equipped with computers and so on. The level of programming is constantly improving, but the monthly income is less than one thousand yuan.
After the Sino-US plane collision incident in 2001,Li Jun received an instruction from the founder of "lion" to attack US-related websites. For a time, the networks of both China and the United States were attacked and violated. The homepages of some Chinese websites were filled with American flags, and the United States The homepage of the website is also full of Chinese flags.
"The 2001 China-US Cyber War Incident"
This is the first hacking task that Li Jun participated in, and he completed it very well. He also showed a very high hacking talent and became more determined in his hacking. However, when he returned to reality, he still couldn't hide from the reality that his monthly income was less than 1,000 yuan, so he began to use his own technology to make virus software and hacker software to make extra money.
"Panda virus" appeared in this situation, and Li Jun's virus had to be different from others. Other people's viruses were very concealed, but he chose to make virus icons appear on the entire computer. For example, Li Jun wanted to show off and prove his own work, because before he chose to go to the side door, Li Jun went to a formal company for an interview, but was ruthlessly rejected, hurting his self-esteem.
When the "panda virus" spread out of control, and when the police intervened, Li Jun finally realized the seriousness of the matter. He finally turned from triumphant to nervous, and asked his benefactor "Huang Lei" for help. Huang Lei immediately and Li Jun They moved to the hotel and wrote code, trying to hide the icon of the "Panda Burning Incense" virus. Then they had to make an antivirus program for "Panda Burning Incense" as soon as possible and wrote a letter of apology. But before they had time to act, they were taken by the Xiantao City Police. Caught...
Photo of Li Jun’s imprisonment
He was sentenced to 4 years in the public trial in September 2007, and he admitted his mistake in court with a good attitude, and once again apologized: "Made by Panda Burning Incense Virus is entirely out of hobby. I did not expect to cause such a great harm to the society. Here I say sorry to the victimized netizens all over the country. I hope the court will give me a chance to be a new person. ”
Li Jun’s Hacking technology has attracted the attention of many technology companies,Even at the trial scene, more than a dozen Internet companies hoped to hire him with an annual salary of one million after serving his sentence and present an invitation letter at the scene.
The person who needs to tie the bell to untie the bell, Li Jun in prison, under the supervision of the police, created an anti-virus program to eliminate the "panda burning incense", and the virus disappeared.
Li Jun wrote a program in prison
Because Li Jun performed well during his sentence, he received a reduction of his sentence. He was released from prison early in 2009. As soon as he was released from prison, he received invitations from many anti-virus software companies. Hopefully, Li Jun will not miss this opportunity with an annual salary of one million. After all, before making the "Panda Burning Incense" virus, he also went to software companies for interviews many times, hoping to have a decent job, but it was never used. This is also true. What he hoped for.
However, after Li Jun actually went to work at the software company, he found that the annual salary was not one million as he said. The staff would only show him around the company, let him take a photo of the company’s products with a camera, and sent a "safe The appointment letter of the Observer was just because the company wanted to use his reputation to expose it. After all, Li Jun's programming level after his release from prison did not meet the technical standards of the anti-virus software company.
Li Jun was severely slapped by reality again. No matter which company he went to work, he did not have the ideal annual salary of one million. Just like the old saying, "Ideal is full, reality is very skinny", Li is not reconciled. Jun started his old career again: making a mistake.
Internet gambling
Li Jun started Internet gambling this time, built an Internet gambling platform, and implanted the Trojan virus into the player’s computer. The player would lose every time he gambled, and passed illegally in a short time. Operating Internet chess and gambling games has made a profit of 70 million. The platform is getting bigger and bigger. He hired 25 employees to work for his gambling platform.
Li Jun and 25 platform workers were arrested in December 2013 and sentenced again, but only 2 years were sentenced, and he was released again in 2015. After the second release, Li Jun disappeared from people’s sight. Li Jun’s experience reminds people of the inventor of " brushless electric excitation motor",It's all embarrassing...
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