# Vienna Virus
**Domain:** Cybersecurity / Malware History
**Doc Type:** Malware
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Malware]], [[Pavel Baudiš]], [[Avast]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
## Definition
The Vienna virus was a DOS file-infecting computer virus encountered by Pavel Baudiš at VÚMS in May 1988.
## Bauhaus Architects Context
The response to it initiated the software lineage that became Alwil and Avast.
## Backlinks
- [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
- [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]