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VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V56
Copyright 1989, McAfee Associates
408 988 3832
The following list outlines the critical characteristics of the known
IBM PC and compatible viruses.
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Infects Fixed Disk Partition Table-------------------+
Infects Fixed Disk Boot Sector---------------------+ |
Infects Floppy Diskette Boot --------------------+ | |
Infects Overlay Files--------------------------+ | | |
Infects EXE Files----------------------------+ | | | |
Infects COM files--------------------------+ | | | | |
Infects COMMAND.COM----------------------+ | | | | | |
Virus Remains Resident-----------------+ | | | | | | |
Virus Uses Self-Encryption-----------+ | | | | | | | |
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Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V Damage
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Taiwan CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 708 p
Chaos MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F
Virus-90 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 857 P
Oropax CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O
4096 CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L
Devil's Dance CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L
Amstrad CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 847 P
Payday CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 P
Datacrime II-B CleanUp x . x x x . . . . 1917 P,F
Sylvia/Holland CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1332 p
Do-Nothing CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 608 p
Sunday CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P
Lisbon CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Typo/Fumble CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 867 O,P
Dbase CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1864 D,O,P
Ghost Boot Version MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Ghost COM Version CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 2351 B,P
New Jerusalem CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Alabama CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L
Yankee Doodle CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P
2930 CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2930 P
Ashar CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
AIDS CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
Disk Killer CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,P,D,F
1536/Zero Bug CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1536 O,P
MIX1 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1618 O,P
Dark Avenger CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L
3551/Syslock CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D
VACSINA CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1206 O,P
Ohio MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Typo (Boot Virus) MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Swap/Israeli Boot MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
1514/Datacrime II CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 1514 P,F
Icelandic II CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 661 O,P
Pentagon MDISK . . . . . . x . . N/A B
3066/Traceback M-3066 . x . x x . . . . 3066 P
1168/Datacrime-B CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F
Icelandic CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 642 O,P
Saratoga CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 632 O,P
405 CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
1704 Format CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P,F
Fu Manchu CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P
1280/Datacrime CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F
1701/Cascade CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
1704/CASCADE-B CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Stoned/Marijuana CleanUp . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
1704/CASCADE CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Ping Pong-B CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Den Zuk MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Ping Pong CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Vienna-B CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Lehigh CleanUp . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F
Vienna/648 M-VIENNA . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Jerusalem-B CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Yale/Alameda CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Friday 13th COM CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 512 P
Jerusalem CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
SURIV03 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . O,P
SURIV02 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1488 O,P
SURIV01 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 897 O,P
Pakistani Brain CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Legend:
Damage Fields - B - Corrupts or overwrites Boot Sector
O - Affects system run-time operation
P - Corrupts program or overlay files
D - Corrupts data files
F - Formats or erases all/part of disk
L - Directly or indirectly corrupts file linkage
Size Increase - The length, in bytes, by which an infected
program or overlay file will increase
Characteristics - x - Yes
. - No
Disinfectors - SCAN/D - VIRUSCAN with /D option
SCAN/D/A - VIRUSCAN with /D and /A options
MDISK/P - MDISK with "P" option
All Others - The name of disinfecting program
Note:
The SCAN /D option will overwrite and then delete the
entire infected program. The program must then be
replaced from the original program diskette. If you wish
to try and recover an infected program, then use the
named disinfector if available.
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