Black_screen_of_death

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Size 134.6 KB download

First seen 1 day ago

Analyzed 1 day ago

Package https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_screen_of_death

Source en.wikipedia.org

Referenced by 2 samples

benign Denial-of-service_attack fetched a24f34c0fc07 analyzed 1 day ago
benign Init fetched c636078cafe1 analyzed 1 day ago

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669	<span class="mw-empty-elt" about="#mwt6" typeof="mw:Transclusion" id="mwCg" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"more citations needed","href":"./Template:More_citations_needed"},"params":{"date":{"wt":"June 2020"}},"i":0}}]}'><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1364180890" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles" about="#mwt7" data-mw='{"name":"templatestyles","attrs":{"src":"Module:Message box/ambox.css"},"body":{"extsrc":""}}'>.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+.mw-empty-elt+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+.mw-empty-elt+.mw-empty-elt+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e
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671	<p id="mwEg">The <b id="mwEw">black screen of death</b> (<b id="mwFA">BSoD</b> or <b id="mwFQ">BkSoD</b> to distinguish it from the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death" title="Blue screen of death" id="mwFg">blue screen of death</a>) is a screen displayed on many <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_system" title="Computer system" class="mw-redirect" id="mwFw">computer systems</a> after encountering a <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_system_error" title="Fatal system error" id="mwGA">critical system error</a>. It gets its name from the black background seen during hardware or software errors.</p>

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<p id="mwPg">The most common issue contributing to a black screen of death on startup is usually due to a missing file.<sup about="#mwt11" class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}'><a href="#cite_note-1" id="mwPw"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwQA"><span class="cite-bracket" id="mwQQ">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket" id="mwQg">]</span></span></a></sup> It also occurs when the user enables file compression on all the files, causing the entire operating system to become compressed and unbootable. Rarely an experienced user would reinstall Windows. In the case of the former, the boot loader will most likely inform the user the name of the missing file as seen in the image on the right, allowing for the user to supply and/or reinstall the missing files to resolve the boot problem. In the case of the latter, however, the computer will not be able to boot, even into <a rel="mw:WikiL

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First seen	26 Jul 2026 21:29 UTC
First analyzed	26 Jul 2026 21:33 UTC
Last analyzed	26 Jul 2026 21:56 UTC
Last updated	26 Jul 2026 21:55 UTC

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