Bernd Fix

Bernd Fix ( born March 19, 1962 in Witt rings ) is a hacker and an expert on computer security.

After graduating from high school in 1981 Hankensbuettel Bernd Fix studied astrophysics and philosophy at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg and graduated in 1989 as a physics graduate with a thesis in theoretical astrophysics.

Fix appeared in 1986 the Chaos Computer Club in Hamburg and began work on computer security, specifically in the area of ​​computer viruses. End of 1986 of a Fix -written virus ( rush hour ) in the data spin # 17 was published; more results of his work were included, among others, in The Big Book of Computer Viruses Ralf Burger.

Mid-1987, he developed a method to neutralize the Vienna virus, and thus created the first documented anti-virus software in the world.

Fix is also the author of several research viruses, including the VP370 for IBM mainframes. The VP370 source code in 1988 allegedly stolen from the Federal Intelligence Service and used under the " Project Rahab " for attacks on Soviet bloc and NATO mainframe.

Lived from 1998 to 2013, and Bernd Fix worked in Switzerland; He currently lives in Berlin.