OS2.MyName
Description OS2.MyName
This is a very dangerous, non-memory resident overwriting OS/2 virus. It is the first known virus infecting OS/2 executable files. Upon execution, it obtains the name of the host file, reads its code from there, then searches for NewEXE (LX) files and overwrites them. While infecting a file, the virus uses OS/2 calls:
DosExit DosClose DosFindFirst DosFindNext DosOpen DosGetEnv DosRead
DosWrite
and displays the messages:
My name is
--> infected
The virus also contains the text string:
VIRUS
DOSCALLS
*.EXE
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Euskara.811
Description Euskara.811
It is not a dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic virus. It searches for COM files, then writes itself to the end of the file. The virus leaves in the HMA the memory resident program that hooks INT 9 (keyboard) and depending on the keys that are pressed either manifests itself with some video effect, or decrypts and displays the message:
Milaka Urtez Eutsi Dugu Eta Milaka Urtez Eutsiko. Euskara, Jalgi Hadi Plazara.
EVC.161
Description EVC.161
It's a dangerous memory resident overwriting virus. It hooks INT 21h and overwrites all the files that are executed. It displays:
MaKe ViRii oUT T aSS
It contains the internal text string also:
EVC 1.0
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