Int10 Family
Description Int10 Family
These are not dangerous memory resident boot viruses. They hook INT 10h, 13h and 1Ch. Int 10h is used for INT 13h interception, INT 1Ch - for trigger routine, INT 13h - for infection. They hit MBR of hard drive and boot-sectors of floppy-disks. The viruses encrypt original sector before saving it. Sometimes they call some video effect.
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Steppan.736
Description Steppan.736
It is not a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 1Ch,21h and writes itself to the end of .COM files that are executed or opened. The virus "disables" Left-Shift key. Depending on its counter it displays the message:
Your PC is infected with DEATH virus - greeting from Steppan
The virus also contains the text strings:
Death
COMSPEC
Steppen.428
Description Steppen.428
It is a harmless nonmemory resident parasitic virus. It searches for COM and EXE files in current and parent directories, then writes itself to the end of the file. The virus contains the text string:
[Steppenbrand]
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