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- Virus Author: Casio - RAiDERZ Coderz
- Virus Name : WEED v1.3
- PayLoad.....: BAIT file avoidance - FIles considered to be bait are destroyed
- instead of being infected. VGA payload has a 1/10 chance
- going off everytime an infected program is run. VGA payload
- is an animated moving StarField. If the user presses \ while
- the starfield is moving, The program will continue loading
- as normal.
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- Virus Target: *.exe and *.com files. COMMAND.COM is avoided!
- Virus Info..: WEED will disable vsafe/vscan if found in memory. WEED will
- also infect files after the host has finished running. Good
- example: pkzip and pkunzip.exe. Once pkunzip.exe is infected
- any files it makes for you *.com and *.exe will become weed
- carriers. That is, before you even have access to them.
- Virus Size..: Varies. Depends on the host size and what weed feels like doing.
- Encryption..: Oh yes, on host data... Encryption algorithm is much better
- then previous version
- Stealth.....: infected *.exe or *.com file will not notice infection while
- in operation.
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- Tech Details:
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- This is the fourth generation of the WEED virus. (Will they ever end?)
- WEED is now fully encrypted at all times! WEED will no longer infect
- COMMAND.COM, this file is avoided. WEED will now target various checksum
- files if found in the current directory. If these checksum files are found
- WEED removes them before attempting to modify any files. All of the encryption
- decryption routines have been changed from v1.2. The signature block has also
- been changed for this version. A critical error handler has been introduced
- as of v1.2, which prevents sharing violation errors as well as write protect
- errors! Instead of infecting files smaller then WEED, they are destroyed -
- they will either lockup the machine or reboot it when run.
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- There are no current plans to release the source to this virus. If you want to
- see how it works that badly, test your skills at debugging it.
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