Ultimation
Description Ultimation
It's a not dangerous not memory resident companion virus. It searches for *.EXE file, renames it to "_*.EXE", and writes itself instead of this file. On execution this virus infects the first not infected EXE-file and executes the original file. It is compiled by Turbo C compiler and contains the internal text strings:
Turbo C++ - Copyright 1990 Borland Intl.
Null pointer assignment
Divide error
Abnormal program termination
PATH *.EXE copy NUL
It contains the debug information also. After execution this virus types one of the messages:
I'm bored.
Screw you.
Life is a drag.
kufc fof.
Ouch! Don't hit me so hard.
Floppy drive A: is flooded. Please insert J cloth.
Murderer.
You have been infected by ULTIMATION corp.
Go directly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
.Ah ha! Caught you.
Copy protection error 23. Please re-install from master.
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Tashkent Family
Description Tashkent Family
These are not dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They search for .COM files and write themselves to the end of the file. "Tashkent.509" increases the file length by 509+nn bytes where 'nn' is the "generation" of that virus. Depending on the system timer they decrypt and display the messages in Russian. These viruses contain the text string:
*.COM Æá_¬Ñ¡_(æ) 91ú
Taurus Family
Description Taurus Family
These are nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They search for .COM files and writes itself to the end of the file. They contain the text string:
TAURUS (C) Prymityw 0.3
Depending on the system date "Taurus.1852" infects the files either with its complete copy, or with the copy of the "Taurus.358" virus, or drops a trojan horse.
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