Vanitas.3712.a
Description Vanitas.3712.a
This is a dangerous memory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of EXE files that are accessed. The virus does not infect the files: EMM386, SCAN, F-PROT. While installing memory resident the virus also infects the C:WINDOWSCOMMAND.COM and C:COMMAND.COM files (they are of EXE format in DOS 7.x).
The virus has a bug and may halt the system while installing memory resident. On March 27th the virus manifests themselves by a video effect.
The virus contains the text strings:
VANITAS++ v2.0 GR(c)97 by ANAX.
[E-75] goes to Hell. Have a nice deathall
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Lobotomy Family
Description Lobotomy Family
These are a dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic viruses. They search for COM files, then write themselves to the end of the file. The viruses delete the ADINF anti-virus databases. Depending on the system time the viruses display the messages:
Lobotomy.824:
*** LOBOTOMY_ v1.1beta (c)1995 MSfVC ***
Lobotomy.966:
LOBOTOMY
RESET your machine and soon, you`ll know,
that I`m the Natural_Born_Killer all
v1.1 (c)95_MSfVC Bye ...
"Lobotomy.824" also displays a text in Russian. "Lobotomy.966" erases the CMOS and halts the computer.
LockCD.2045
Description LockCD.2045
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. While installing the virus changes the settings of SMARTDRV disk driver. Depending on the system timer the virus calls some CD-ROM functions (locks CD?) and displays the message:
+--------------------------+
| XXXXX |
| XxXxX |
| XxX |
| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| +-X----------------X-+ |
| | X LockCD '96 X | |
| +-Xx--------------xX-+ |
| xxXXxx |
| xxxXXxxx |
| X XX X |
| X X |
| X X |
| X X |
| X X |
| X X |
| xXx xXx |
+--------------------------+
|(v) dedykowany politykom, |
| biskupom i biznesmenom|
+--------------------------+
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