Vector.441
Description Vector.441
It is a dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It copies itself into the Interrupt Vector Table, hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM files that are executed or opened. It also intercepts the DOS Write function (INT 21h, AH=40h) and sometimes changes the pointer to the data block that is saved, that can cause crash for the data, as well as to the programs and the system. This virus contains the text string:
V3.0 [VECTOR] (c) Necros the Hacker
Written Aug 1991 in Tralee, Ireland
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Pretty
Description Pretty
It's a dangerous memory resident boot virus. It hooks INT 13h and writes itself into boot sector of hard drive disk C: and boot sectors of floppies. Depending on its internal counters it erases the random selected disk sectors. It contains the internal text string: "A pretty girl came into the world on 1-9-1968 I love her".
Prime.580
Description Prime.580
It is a dangerous nonmemory resident parasitic virus. It searches for .COM files and writes itself to the beginning of the file. While infecting it encrypts and saves the original file beginning to the end of the file. This virus disables the IRQ signals, it can halt the computer. On 1st of any month it displays:
Prime Evil! (C) Spellbound, Line Noise 1992.
Coded in Stockholm, Sweden.
Please spell my name right!
and 'shifts' the screen, if the monitor is CGA or EGA.
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