Tormentor.425
Description Tormentor.425
There are memory resident viruses. They hook INT 1Ch, 21h and write themselves to the beginning of the COM files that are executed. These viruses search for the text "TORMENTOR!" on the screen, and if this text presents, the viruses manifest themselves:
"Tormentor.425" beeps
"Tormentor.475,476,478,482" corrupt several disk sectors
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Chad Family
Description Chad Family
These are dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They search for .COM files, then write themselves to the end of the file. Sometimes they display the picture:
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/ ¦ O O ¦
-------------WW---- --+-WW------------
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-------- WOT!! No Anti - Virus ---------
-------- Software all.. ---------
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and halt the computer. The viruses also contain the text string:
CHAD Against Damaging Viruses ... Save Our Software. 1992.
"Chad.301,307" display the text:
You have the Phague
Chameleon Family
Description Chameleon Family
Casper.1200 is a not memory resident dangerous polymorphic virus. It infects .COM-files of the subdirectory tree while infected program is started. This infector uses cipher algorithm by viruses "Chameleon". On April, 1st this virus tries to format A: disk.
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