Virus Database

Patoruzu Family

Description Patoruzu Family

These are relatively harmless memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h, and write themselves to the end (931 bytes version) or beginning (1024 bytes version) of COM files (except COMMAND.COM) that are executed.
"Patoruzu.931" is encrypted, and On the 17th of any month, it disables CreateDir DOS function.
While infecting, "Patoruzu.1024" renames a file "TOMY", then infects it, and renames it back to original name. This virus hooks INT 13h also, and sometimes tries to change the contents of the sector that are read, but it fails.
On the 17th of any month, "Patoruzu.1024"--and on November 17th, "Patoruzu.931"--display the following messages:
"Patoruzu.931":
Huijaaa !! La proxima vez sera tardeall
Si sos MENEMISTA reza por tus discos.
>> Virus PatoruzU 2.0 - Argentina <<

"Patoruzu.1024":
Viva Sumo! y Muera MENEM - Virus PatoruzU 1.0 - Argentina.

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PMT.867

Description PMT.867

It is a harmless memory resident encrypted companion virus. It hooks INT 21h and creates companion .COM files while executing EXE files. The virus contains the text strings:
Anke Huber for Ever
"-=_ AP.CC.DV.EV.DF.T2T.TC.M.SR.RA _=-"
Fuck John McAfee
Eat my Butterfly
Suck her Spinkta muscle
Bruce Sterling; I'd like to shove ya texan accent down ya throat
Oprah Winfrey sings ACDC's classic PMT
I've got PMT
PMT
I'm dynamite
PMT
But I'll win the fight
PMT
I'm a powerload
PMT
Just watch me explode
The funky dyin' brain cell
CRYPTO-KING v1.0

Poem.1825

Description Poem.1825

This is a very dangerous memory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It hooks INT 1, 3 and 21h, and writes itself to the end of COM files that are loaded into the memory. It copies the TSR part into the highest addresses of the 640K RAM, and does not fit the MCB list that may halt the computer. While debugging, or on December 21st, the virus displays:
Void - Composed by Marvin Giskard for T
In a field a million buds stood,
Over them a million days came - a day a bud -
opening up one by one with their directed light.
But one didn't do as others did,
It waited for only your loving rays to shine upon it
to open its pedals revealing the pure beauty of its sincere love.
Never being unfaithful to its dream of the day of your light,
Forced to resist any other light but yours - because of it -
until the day the brilliance of your life sustaining light shines
it will be there : wanting, wishing, waiting.
Many were the buds you rather shined upon
opening them - revealing their phony colours.
I willed your light onto me but others you tried instead,
No subtle motion reached you,
still I refused other's light - holding out for you -
Even when your light will fade,
Not having found one to do your light justice,
mine will still be there : wanting, wishing, waiting.
Press Escape to continue.

The virus then erases the C: drive sectors, and reboots the system. It also contains the text:
22 Nov - 21 Dec

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