Phantom.2201
Description Phantom.2201
It is a dangerous memory resident encrypted virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of .COM files that are opened or executed. It infects only the files that begin from JMP command. It creates the "bad" clusters in the FAT sectors, shifts and overturns the screen, displays the message:
HI ROOKIE! I`m a THESEASE! I live in YOUR computer - sorryall Thanks to
Brains in the Computer Siences!
The virus also appends to the end of .EXE, .DBF and .ARC files the texts:
The PHANTOM Was HERE - Sorry...
Copyright (c) PHANTOM -- This virus was designed in the HUNGARIAN VIRUS
DEVELOPING LABORATORY. (H.V.D.L.)v1
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Scoundrel
Description Scoundrel
It is not a dangerous memory resident parasitic polymorphic virus. It traces and hooks INT 21h, then it infects COM and EXE files that are accessed. On renaming, opening, loading into the memory (function 4B01h) the virus temporary disinfects the infected files. Sometimes it displays the message:
SoftPecker v.1 (C) 1992 by ScoundrelSoft - 'Your pleasure is our business'
Scratch.554
Description Scratch.554
It is a harmless memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. It uses the word at the address 0000:0415 (scratch pad for manufacturing error tests) as ID-word while installing its TSR copy.
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