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Inside Family

Description Inside Family

These are not dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. "Inside.1011" is the encrypted virus. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of EXE files that are accessed. Under debugging as well as on XT and Pentium-based PC the viruses decrypt and display the message:
Not enough memory

and return to DOS. The viruses also contain the encrypted text strings "exe" and:
"Inside.752": INSIDE v1.0 created by XMANDedicate for M Sell !!!
"Inside.1011": INSIDE v2.0 created by ? Dedicate for M Sell

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Macro.Word.Archfiend

Description Macro.Word.Archfiend

This Word macro virus contains six macros: AutoExec, AutoOpen, FileOpen, ArchFiend, FileSaveAs, ToolsMacro (stealth). The virus infects the global macros area (NORMAL.DOT) on opening an infected document (AutoOpen) and writes itself to documents that are saved with new name (FileSaveAs).
On 5th of any month the virus: on Macintosh erases all files and displays the MessageBox:
ArchFiend

On PC it erases BMP files in Windows directory (C:WINDOWS*.BMP) and creates the FIEND.TXT there containing the text:
##################
## WM.ArchFiend ##
##################
Nrsi:lshoi:m{{i:mhsnn t:st:St~ut is{{;
XOR by 1ah
Your Unlucky Number is: < ½ á ¡«Ñ ¿ ½«>

While saving a document with new name, if current time is 13 seconds, the virus sets for the document a random selected password. On entering the Tools/Macro menu the virus writes to the C:AUTOEXEC.BAT file the command:
echo BLOW ME!

Macro.Word.Archie

Description Macro.Word.Archie

This macro virus contains five macros: Archie, AutoOpen, AutoExec, AutoNew, AutoClose, and infects the global macros area and documents on listed above auto-functions. "Archie" is the virus-ID macro, it contains the text remark:
A Virus from Nightmare Joker's Demolition Kit!
Translated into English by Dark Night (VBB)

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