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  1.  
  2.  
  3.    Virus Descriptions
  4.    +----------------+
  5.  
  6.    Hemlock virus   
  7.                    -    Author: Qark
  8.                         Origin: Australia
  9.                         Type:   Polymorphic infector of EXE/COM/SYS/Floppy
  10.                                 Boot Sector/Harddisk MBRs.  Full stealth on
  11.                                 both files and the boot sector.  Survives
  12.                                 CTRL-ALT-DEL by emulating a warm boot.
  13.                                 Disables any tunneling.
  14.  
  15.    Antipode virus  
  16.                    -    Author: Automag
  17.                         Origin: France
  18.                         Type:   TSR COM infector.  Contains anti-virus
  19.                                 features to stealth TBSCAN.  Changes the
  20.                                 file size on directory listings and file
  21.                                 search operations which makes it a
  22.                                 semi-stealth virus.
  23.  
  24.    Insert virus    
  25.                    -    Author: Darkman
  26.                         Origin: Denmark
  27.                         Type:   TSR COM infector.  It uses an unusual form
  28.                                 of infection in that it infects on file
  29.                                 creation.
  30.  
  31.    VLAD-DIR        
  32.                    -    Author: Darkman
  33.                         Origin: Denmark
  34.                         Type:   TSR EXE infector.  Another unusual Darkman
  35.                                 creation as it infects on file searches.
  36.  
  37.    Quantum Magick  
  38.                    -    Author: Rhincewind
  39.                         Origin: Unknown
  40.                         Type:   TSR EXE infector.  Infects on file read
  41.                                 by manipulating SFT's.
  42.  
  43.    Mon ami la pendule   
  44.                    -    Author: Black Avenger and Metabolis
  45.                         Origin: Russia and Australia
  46.                         Type:   TSR EXE/COM infector with some strange code.
  47.                                 Infects files in the path.
  48.  
  49.    Monkeys out of Control
  50.                    -    Author: Rhincewind
  51.                         Origin: Unknown
  52.                         Type:   TSR COM infector.  An experimental virus to
  53.                                 demonstrate a method of bypassing TBFile.
  54.  
  55.    Small Virus     
  56.                    -    Author: TäLöN
  57.                         Origin: Australia
  58.                         Type:   TSR EXE/COM infector.  Smallest TSR EXE/COM
  59.                                 infector ever ?  Good use of tight coding.
  60.                         Note:   This is not a VLAD virus, but a contribution
  61.                                 by an independant author.
  62.  
  63.    Catch-22        
  64.                    -    Author: Rhincewind
  65.                         Origin: Unknown
  66.                         Type:   Not a virus at all, but a loader for use by
  67.                                 viruses to go resident without being detected
  68.                                 by TBMEM.  Very tricky.
  69.  
  70.    Antigen's Radical Tunneler
  71.                    -    Author: Antigen
  72.                         Origin: The United States of America
  73.                         Type:   Not a virus, but the most highly advanced
  74.                                 tunneling routine ever created.  Will bypass
  75.                                 the anti-tunneling features of every AV TSR.
  76.  
  77.    MegaStealth
  78.                    -    Author: Qark
  79.                         Origin: Australia
  80.                         Type:   TSR COM/BS/MBR infector.  This virus uses
  81.                                 int13 and int76 stealth to prevent detection
  82.                                 by AV scanners on the MBR.
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