Ritzen Family
Description Ritzen Family
These are harmless memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of .COM and .EXE files that are executed or opened. They contain the text string "PAPA" and:
"Ritzen.1087,1098"
Dedicated to Ritzen, our Minister of Education and Science. We are getting
sick of your budget cuts so we hope that you get sick of this virus.. (c)
'93 by S.A.R. / TridenT
"Ritzen.1112"
Dedicated to Ritzen, our Minister of Education and Science. We are getting
sick of your budget cuts so we hope that you get sick of this virus.. (c)
'93 by S.A.R. (Students Agains Ritzen).
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Protect Family
Description Protect Family
These are dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and 1Ch or 33h depending on their versions, and then write themselves to the end of COM and EXE files that are executed.
"Protect.1157,1196" clear the file attributes and corrupt the mouse driver
(in the memory). "Protect.1355" manifests itself by a small and very
disgusting screen trembling.
The viruses contain the text:
File protection
Proto.695
Description Proto.695
It is a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and write itself to the end of .COM files that are executed. Since 4pm it beeps and halts the computer. It also contains the text string:
This program is sick. [PROTO-T by Dumbco, INC.
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