Malware Bell

Malware computer program

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Malware Bell is a malware program made in Taiwan somewhere between 2006 and 2007.

## Installation

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Malware Bell tries to install automatically upon visiting a website promoting or containing the malware.

## Symptoms

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* Some files are translated to Chinese language.
* Time and date reset to the lowest number (e.g. January 1, 1901, 12.00 am) and changes time-to-time.
* Creates "Taiwan" folders and Chinese-language files automatically anywhere on the computer and consumes a large amount of memory, and usually open up at any time.
* Several results on Google is changed to pornography advertising.

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