Virus Database

Mecdon.1470

Description Mecdon.1470

This is a relatively harmless non-memory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It searches for EXE files in the current drive subdirectory tree, then writes itself to the end of the file. On Tuesdays, the virus displays the following message:
+---- Virus Warning : ----+
| I HATE mans who CAN`T do |
| anyfing USEFUL MallCDON`T |
| LET to do it for OTHERS. |
+--------------------------+

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Holiday Family

Description Holiday Family

These are dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of .COM and .EXE files that are executed. After infecting a file the viruses try to infect COMMAND.COM file of the current drive.
"Holiday.2900" also hooks INT 09h (keyboard) and "eats" every 200th keystroke.
On March, 3th the viruses display the message:
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
¦ ATTENTION! ¦
¦ I'm very sorry, today is my holiday. ¦
¦ So, I can't serve you, cause I want to play on your computers. ¦
¦ ¦
¦ DON'T TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER UNTIL TOMORROW, ¦
¦ OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST!!! ¦
¦ ¦
¦ I'll be back to serve you tomorrow. ¦
¦ Thank You, ¦
¦ ¦
¦ AAA ¦
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

and then wait for March, 4th. Then the viruses display the message and reboots computer:
Thank You for playing, see youall
Please, hit ENTER!

The viruses also contain the text string: "apa saja".

Holiday.3000

Description Holiday.3000

This is a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. After infecting a file the virus tries to infect COMMAND.COM file of the current drive.
On March, 3th the virus displays the message:
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
ƒ ATTENTION! ƒ
ƒ I'm very sorry, today is my holiday. ƒ
ƒ So, I can't serve you, cause I want to play on your computers. ƒ
ƒ ƒ
ƒ DON'T TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER UNTIL TOMORROW, ƒ
ƒ OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST!!! ƒ
ƒ ƒ
ƒ I'll be back to serve you tomorrow. ƒ
ƒ Thank You, ƒ
ƒ ƒ
ƒ AAA ƒ
+----------------------------------------------------------------+

And then wait for March, 4th. Then the viruses display the message and reboots computer:
Thank You for playing, see youall
Please, hit ENTER!
The virus also contains the text string:
apa saja

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