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- VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V63
- Copyright 1989, McAfee Associates
- 408 988 3832
-
- The following list outlines the critical characteristics of the known
- IBM PC and compatible virus strains identified by SCAN. Beginning with
- version 63 of the list, we are including the number of known varieties
- of each strain. This number is listed in parenthesis beside the name
- of the strain. The total number of known viruses are summed at the
- end of the list.
-
- ==========================================================================
-
- 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-----------+ | | | | | | | |
- | | | | | | | | |
- | | | | | | | | | Increase in
- | | | | | | | | | Infected
- | | | | | | | | | Program's
- | | | | | | | | | Size
- | | | | | | | | | |
- | | | | | | | | | |
- Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V Damage
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 5120 (2) CleanUp . . x x x x . . . 5120 O,P,D,L
- Victor CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2458 P,D,L
- JoJo CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
- W-13 (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 532 O,P
- Slow CleanUp x x . x x x . . . 1721 O,P,L
- Frere Jacques CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1811 O,P
- Liberty CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2862 O,P
- Fish-6 CleanUp x x x x x x . . . 3584 O,P,L
- Shake CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 476 O,P
- Murphy CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1277 O,P
- V800 CleanUp x x . x . . . . . none O,P,L
- Kennedy CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 308 O,P
- Eight Tunes/1971 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1971 O,P
- Yankee Doodle-2 CleanUp . . . x x . . . . 1961 O,P
- June 16th CleanUp . . x x . . . . . 1726 F,O,P,L
- XA1 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1539 F,O,P,L
- 1392 CleanUp . x x x x . . . . 1392 O,P,L
- 1210 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1210 O,P,L
- 1720 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1720 F,O,P,L
- Saturday 14th CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 685 F,O,P,L
- Korea (2) M-DISK . . . . . . x x . N/A B,O
- Vcomm (3) CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 1074 O,P,L
- ItaVir CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 3880 O,P,L,B
- Solano (2) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2000 O,P,L
- V2000 (3) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2000 O,P,L
- 1554 SCAN/D . x x x x . . . . 1554 O,P,L
- 512 (4) SCAN/D . x x x . . . . . none O,P,L
- EDV (2) M-DISK . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O
- Joker CleanUp . x x x . . . . . O,P
- Icelandic-3 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 853 O,P
- Virus-101 CleanUp x x x x x x x . . 2560 P
- 1260 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1260 P
- Perfume (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 765 P
- Taiwan (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 708 P
- Chaos MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F
- Virus-90 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 857 P
- Oropax (3) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O
- 4096 (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L
- Devil's Dance CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L
- Amstrad (5) 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 . . . . . 1332 p
- Do-Nothing CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 608 p
- Sunday (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P
- Lisbon (2) 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 (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L
- Yankee Doodle (3) CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P
- 2930 CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2930 P
- Ashar CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
- AIDS (3) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
- Disk Killer (2) 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 (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L
- 3551/Syslock CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D
- VACSINA (2) 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 (2) M-3066 . x . x x . . . . 3066 P
- 1168/Datacrime-B CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F
- Icelandic (2) 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 (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P
- 1280/Datacrime (2) CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F
- 1701/Cascade CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
- 1704/CASCADE-B (9) CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
- Stoned/Marijuana (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
- 1704/CASCADE CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
- Ping Pong-B (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
- Den Zuk (3) MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
- Ping Pong (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
- Vienna-B CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
- Lehigh CleanUp . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F
- Vienna/648 (14) M-VIENNA . . . x . . . . . 648 P
- Jerusalem-B CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
- Yale/Alameda (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
- Friday 13th COM CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 512 P
- Jerusalem (9) 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 (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
-
- Total Known Viruses - 167
-
- 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.