I-Worm.LoveLetter.b
Description I-Worm.LoveLetter.b
I-Worm.LoveLetter.b (see also I-Worm.LoveLetter) destroys all files with extensions INI and BAT instead of files with extensions JPG and JPEG. It sets another start page for Internet Explorer, and the message is different.
The letter's subject is:
Mothers Day Order Confirmation
Message body:
We have proceeded to charge your credit card for the amount of $326.92 for the mothers day diamond special. We have attached a detailed invoice to this email. Please print out the attachment and keep it in a safe place.Thanks Again and Have a Happy Mothers Day! mothersday@subdimension.com
Attached file name:
mothersday.vbs
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Piazzolla.874
Description Piazzolla.874
It is a harmless memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the beginning of .COM files (except COMMAND.COM) that are executed. While infecting it creates the file PIAZZOLL.$$$ and writes into this file its body and then the body of the file, then it deletes original COM file and copies the file PIAZZOLL.$$$ into that file, and then deletes the PIAZZOLL.$$$ file. The virus contains the text strings:
Piazzolla
COMMANDCOM
Piazzoll.$$$
Picket Family
Description Picket Family
These are very dangerous memory resident encrypted parasitic viruses. They hooks INT 21h ("Picket.1034" hooks INT 1Ch also) and write themselves to the end or to the middle of COM files.
While inserting into the middle of the file they search for the data area that contains the constant byte, then store that byte and overwrite that area with the virus copy. That routine contains several errors, and the file size can grow more than 64K while infecting, and the file stays corrupted.
These viruses contain text strings in Russian.
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