Espacio Family
Description Espacio Family
These are not dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 1Ch, 21h and write themselves to the end of COM- and EXE-files that are executed. These viruses contain the data area that is the code of old game PAC-MAN, and this code is packed by PKLITE utility. These viruses unpack that game and sometimes launch it. On execution of this game the viruses hook INT 09h and on Alt-Ctrl-Del pressing they return control to interrupted program. The code of the game contains the text strings:
Recorre la Habana
Presione la tecla ESPACIO para comenzer
en busca de nuevas aventuras
Copyright: NASA-MAN 1993
Oprima ESPACIO para seguir PAC-MANeando all
oystick button FOR JOYSTICK PUNT.
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Kode4.281
Description Kode4.281
These are harmless nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They write themselves to the end of all .COM files of the current directory. They contain the text string:
-=+ Kode4 +=-, The one and ONLY!
"Kode4.399" is a very dangerous virus. Sometimes it erases the disk sectors and displays the same message. It also corrupt the files while infecting them, these files cannot be disinfected.
Koder.1024
Description Koder.1024
This is a dangerous memory resident partly encrypted parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h, and writes itself to the end of EXE files that are executed. While opening an infected file, or while accessing to an infected file with FindFirst/Next DOS functions, the virus decreases the file length. Starting in September, the virus corrupts the CMOS check-sum field. The virus contains the text string:
KODER(96) WROCLAW
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