SSR.736
Description SSR.736
This is a not dangerous nonmemory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It searches for COM files, then writes itself to the end of the file.
Starting from 1994 the virus disinfects the host file.
The virus contains the text strings:
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Sterculius Family
Description Sterculius Family
These are harmless memory resident parasitic viruses. They copy themselves into Interrupt Vectors Table and hook INT 21h. Then these viruses write themselves to the end the files that are executed or loaded as overlay. "Sterculius.280" infects only COM files, other "Sterculius" viruses infect both COM and EXE files. These viruses contain the strings:
"Sterculius.266": <!>
"Sterculius.273": <ARCLIGHT>
"Sterculius.240,280": STERCULIUS
"Sterculius.428,440,456,458,474": STERCULIUS ][
Steryd.399
Description Steryd.399
It is not a dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic virus. It searches for COM files and writes itself to the beginnings of the file. On December, 24th it decrypts and displays the message:
Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku zyczy STERYD.
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