Cookie
aka Cookie Monster / Wants Cookie
- discovered
- 1986
- origin
- United States
- reported by
- various
- author
- unknown
- family
- Cookie
- size
- 7360 bytes
- platform
- DOS
- vector
- COM files
- payload
- prank
- trigger
- random intervals
Payload
Periodically pops up the message I want a cookie and refuses to let the user continue working until they type the word COOKIE.
~ writeup coming soon ~
Related specimens
Sources
- Internet Archive Malware Museum: Cookie :: Mikko Hypponen, Internet Archive Malware Museum
last updated: 2026-04-12 :: curated by the_curator