Basic information about CIH file
There are 1 file types using the CIH file extension in our database. In the further part of this page, you will find detail information about all the CIH file with their brief description and a list of programs that support CIH file sorted by operating systems. The table below provides useful information about the CIH file extension. It answers questions such as:
- What is the CIH file?
- How to open a CIH file?
- What programs do I need to open a CIH file?
- What programs help to create and edit a CIH file?
- How to convert CIH files to another file format?
- How to convert another files to CIH file format?
1.Detail information about CIH file extension: Chernobyl Virus Data
File type | Chernobyl Virus Data | Category | Malicious Files |
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Developer | N/A | File format | N/A |
Description | CIH file is a Chernobyl Virus Data. The cih file extension was sometimes used by a very dangerous Chernobyl virus (also known as Spacefiller) that first appeared in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable systems, overwriting critical information on infected system drives, and in some cases destroying the system BIOS. Very dangerous, should be purged using anti-virus software. This cih file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format. This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs. |
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Software programs that will open, edit or convert CIH files | |||
Windows |
Avast Antivirus AVG Antivirus AVG Internet Security Avira AntiVir Personal Panda Antivirus Pro Norton Antivirus Norton Internet Security Kaspersky Anti-Virus ESET Nod32 Antivirus |
Can't open a CIH file?
”Can't open this file: example.CIH”。
To open this file, you install one of the applications from the list of software programs that you found here, you should be able to open, edit or convert the file with the CIH extension without any issue.
Where I can download the application that support CIH file?
How to change file associations?
- Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click "Open With".
- In the "Open With" dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click "Browse" to locate the program that you want.
- Select the ”Always use the selected program to open this kind of file” check box.
Can I change the extension of CIH files?
What else may cause problems width open a CIH file?
- Whether the CIH file is damaged.
- Whether the CIH file is incorrectly linked in the registry entries.
- Whether the CIH file extension has been accidentally removed from the Windows registry.
- Whether the installation of an application that supports the CIH file format is incompletely.
- Whether the CIH file is infected.
- Whether the drivers of the equipment used for opening a CIH file are up to date.
- Whether your computer has enough hardware resources to open a CIH file.
If the CIH file still not working with your software after eliminating the above shortcomings? That means that the problem is more complex and requires the help of a specialist.