Casino, also referred to as disk destroyer by Mikko Hyppönen, is a DOS computer virus that upon running the infected file, copies the File Allocation Tables (FATs) to random-access memory (RAM), then deletes the FAT from the hard disk. It challenges the user to a game of Jackpot of which they have 5 credits to play with, hence the name. No matter if they win or lose, the computer shuts down, thereby making them have to reinstall their DOS. The message it shows when it challenges the user read(s):
Casino activates on 15 January, 15 April, and 15 August.
Casino was among the classic DOS viruses included in a "Malware Museum", created by Jason Scott of the Internet Archive and Mikko Hyppönen of F-secure in 2016.
In popular culture In 2021, the virus was referenced in the A Virus, Heartbreak and a World of Possibilities episode of Young Sheldon.
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Internet Archive-hosted version of the virus