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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-------- 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
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Scapny.795
Description Scapny.795
It is a very dangerous memory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It hooks INT 21h. On selecting a new directory (ChDir DOS call) it searches for .EXE files and writes itself to the end of the file. On May 21st the virus erases the MBR of the hard drive. The virus contains the text string:
<<<<< Hi,this is SCAPNY!
It means "escape-niet".
It also means that your time has come!
Ha,Ha! (C)CZHARSILSO@galileo.uvt.ro >>>>>>
*.EXE
Schizo.398
Description Schizo.398
It is a harmless memory resident parasitic virus. It copies itself to Interrupt Vectors Table, hooks INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM files that are executed. The virus does not manifest itself in any way, it contains the text string:
Schizophrenia
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