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Rescue.3774

Description Rescue.3774

It is a very dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic virus. It searches for .COM files, then writes itself to the beginning of the file. While infecting it creates the temporary file TMP.TMP. The virus corrupts disk sectors, depending on the system date it corrupts the boot sector of the current disk and displays the message:
Rescue 911 Computer Virus
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Dear user,,
Your system is executing an illegal instruction at address 5E10:2D8F.
However, this might cause you lots of problems later on. The system
has got stuck , so please reboot your machine and make sure that all
your programs are clean.
This error message is being broadcasted by the 911 computer VIRUS !!
Have a nice day ..

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Carioca.951

Description Carioca.951

It is a harmless memory resident virus. It by standard way hits .COM-files, except COMMAND.COM, when they are loaded into memory. The infector contains the text "COMMAND.COM" and hooks INT 21h.

Carnage.671

Description Carnage.671

It is a very dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed. The virus has several bugs and corrupts COM files while infecting them. Depending on its counter the virus erases the CMOS, displays the messages:
Welcome to Hfll.
Your CMOS has been ERASED by the Carnage virus.
You have 10 minutes to fix it.
Pausing for a moment.

The virus then hooks INT 1Ch and in 10 minutes displays the message and halts the computer:
Time is up.

The virus also contains the text strings:
Carnage 1.00
Coded by the Executioner on July 6, 1996

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