<s>
The	O
Hare	B-Application
Virus	I-Application
was	O
a	O
destructive	O
computer	O
virus	O
which	O
infected	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
machines	O
in	O
August	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Hare.7610	O
,	O
Krsna	O
and	O
HD	O
Euthanasia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virus	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
infecting	O
.COM	O
and	O
.EXE	O
executable	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
master	B-Device
boot	I-Device
record	I-Device
of	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
the	O
boot	B-Device
sector	I-Device
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virus	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
read	O
the	O
system	O
date	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
and	O
activate	O
on	O
August	O
22	O
and	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
it	O
would	O
erase	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
in	O
the	O
computer	O
and	O
display	O
the	O
following	O
message	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
saw	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
Hare	B-Application
in	O
May	O
1996	O
and	O
then	O
continued	O
spreading	O
globally	O
to	O
Western	O
and	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
