Virus Database

Tucuman.828

Description Tucuman.828

This is a harmless memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of EXE files that are executed.
On July 9th the virus manifests itself by a video effect.
The virus contains the text strings:
UTN-FRT Tucumán, Argentina by Mr. Bithead - 1995

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not-virus:Joke.Win32.Errore

Description not-virus:Joke.Win32.Errore

This "bad joke" simulates the Windows format functionality.
When it is executed, it displays several fake "error messages" such as:
Errore interno di Windows 345 all'indirizzo 4E6F:942A
Errore interno di Windows 591 all'indirizzo 93C0:6210
Errore interno di Windows 712 all'indirizzo 7ED5:89C2
Errore interno di Windows 128 all'indirizzo 6542:EF21
Errore interno di Windows 591 all'indirizzo 63F0:81B2
ERRORE FATALE 14
Then it displays a dialogue box asking about formatting the C: drive:
Sei veramente sicuro di voler formattare l'hard disk?
[Yes] [No] [Cancel]
Independent of the button being pressed, the program simulates a drive formatting window. The user is unable to stop, interrupt, or cancel this "format." Once the fake formatting has been completed, the standard Windows format summary appears. Then the program displays garbage data on the screen, some more messages, and finally exits.

not-virus:Joke.Win32.FakeFormat.a

Description not-virus:Joke.Win32.FakeFormat.a

Fake Format simulates the Windows format functionality.
Once the program is run, no matter which buttons are chosen, Fake Format starts to format the drive. The user is unable to stop, interrupt, or cancel this format. Once the fake formatting has been completed, the standard Windows format summary appears. Once the user has closed this summary screen, the button actually closes the program.

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