RIP.3214
Description RIP.3214
It is a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. While executing an infected program the virus searches for .COM files, then it writes itself to the end of the file. Then it hooks INT 1Ch, 20h, 21h, 27h, 2Fh and infects .COM files that are executed. In some cases the virus erases the disk files, displays the message:
RADiCAL_iNVADiNG_PARASiTE(RiP)-ViRUS, iN 94/95 BY AeMlSc, SAYZ Hi 2 U!
The virus also contains the text strings:
*.COM
COMMAND
DELTREE /Y >NIL:
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Major Family
Description Major Family
These are dangerous memory resident encrypted parasitic viruses. They hook INT 8, 21h and write themselves to the end of EXE-files that are executed. At random selected moment these viruses open the BBS-files:
"Major.1644": BBSV6BBSAUDIT.DAT, BBSV6BBSUSR.DAT
"Major.1691": C:BBSV6BBSAUDIT.DAT, C:BBSV6BBSUSR.DAT
and check them for presence of the names:
"Major.1644" Puppet Image Gnat Minion Cindy F'nor
"Major.1691": Puppet Image Gnat Santa Minion Cindy Herman
If any of these strings is found, the viruses change in some way the contents of BBS-files.
The viruses also contain the text strings:
"Major.1644": The Major BBS Virus created by Major tomTugger
"Major.1691" The Major Virus created by Weed and dedicated
to the Quantum BBS in Calgary, AB
Mal family
Description Mal family
These are a very dangerous nonmemory resident overwriting viruses. They search for .EXE files in current and parent directories and overwrite them. The viruses then search for *.INI files in the WINDOWS directory and also overwrite them. They contain the text string:
*.EXE *.INI WINDOWS
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