Tenerife.1707
Description Tenerife.1707
It is not a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of EXE files that are executed or opened. It contains the text string:
atan ucifer 66 enerife 1993
Depending on the system date the virus also hooks INT 9, 1Ch, and some time after manifests itself with several effects. While entering a key the virus puts the strings into the keyboard buffer:
'S' - "atan "
'L' - "ucifer "
'6' - "66 "
'T' - "enerife "
The virus also manifests itself with some sound effect.
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Pepper Family
Description Pepper Family
These are not dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They search for .COM files and write themselves to the end of the file. Depending on the system timer they set the system date to previous day number and display:
"Pepper.529": GOL Strikes again!
"Pepper.529": yesterday once more
They also contain the text strings:
*.COM [pepper]
Perfume Family
Description Perfume Family
These are very dangerous memory resident parasitic viruses. They write themselves to the end of the .COM files. Being executed these viruses infect the COMMAND.COM file, then they hook INT 21h, stay memory resident, and then they infect the files that are executed. While installing into the memory they do not fix MCB list, that may halt PC.
Sometimes they erase the random sectors on the floppy disk. On the 80th attempt to infect already infected file the virus runs a dialogue, it displays:
Bitte gebe den G-Virus Code ein :
and waits for "4711" input. If this string is entered, the virus displays:
Tut mir Leid !
"Perfume.731" also contains the text:
G-VIRUS V1.3
"Perfume.731.b" contains/displays the texts:
IRA Virus 18
Irish Republican Army v18 Virus :
hat
By Capt Picard
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