# 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]]