Rom Family
Description Rom Family
These are not dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They hook INT 21h and write themselves to the end of COM files that are executed. While installing they display:
"Rom.331": Drive Not Ready.
"Rom.397": ROM BIOS not compatible.
and return to DOS without execution of the host program. While infecting "Rom.397" renames the infected file to "WHY_ME", infects it and then renames back to original name.
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Macro.Word.Makrone
Description Macro.Word.Makrone
This is a primitive German-specific Word macro virus. It contains two macros:
Documents NORMAL.DOT
AutoOpen AutoOpen
Makrone DateiSpeichern
It infected the system on opening an infected document, and files on saving them. The virus does not manifest itself in any way.
Macro.Word.Malaria
Description Macro.Word.Malaria
This is an encrypted Chinese Word macro virus. It contains 8 macros: AutoExec, AutoOpen, Outbreak, Organizer, ToolsMacro, ZlockMacro, FileTemplates, ToolsCustomize. The virus also creates temporary macros "Malaria".
On 12th of any month the virus displays the DialogBox:
About Plasmodium . . . .
You've infected by MALARIA parasite-----
The most deadly parasite in the world !!!
Depending on the system random counter the virus moves all files from random selected directory on C: drive to FILE directory and renames them to names <four digits>.CHK.
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