Virus Database

Chance.a

Description Chance.a

This is a benign memory resident stealth boot virus that hooks INT 13h, and writes into floppy disk boot sectors and the C: drive. On 8 December, it decrypts and displays the message:
"All we are saying is give peace a chance" (J. Lennon)

It also contains the internal encrypted text string:
The John Lennon virus wishes love and peace to everyone
who's got the chance to read this! All my loving to INO!!

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Rawal.1378

Description Rawal.1378

This is a benign non-memory resident parasitic virus. It searches for a command processor (COMMAND.COM), then for .COM files, then writes itself to the end of the file. In July, the virus decrypts and displays the following message:
B I O - D A T A
NAME : SANJAY RAWAL
DOB : 24/11/1967
ADDRESS : 96, SATYA NIKETAN, NEW DELHI - 21
TELE : 675557
QUALS. : DIP. ELECTRICAL, SEC-A DIP. I.E.T.E.,POST DIP.
: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, SHORT COURSE FROM A.T.I.E.P.I.
EXPRNCE : DBASE III+,CLIPPER,FOXPRO,ASSEMBLY 85/88, QBASIC,TURBO C
: SINCE JAN. 1990
A N Y V A C A N C Y ????

The virus also contains the following texts:
*.com
COMSPEC=
S A N

Rb91.899

Description Rb91.899

This is a very dangerous non-memory resident encrypted parasitic virus. It searches for .COM files, and writes itself to the end of the file. It contains the text string: "Virus° EMO *.com *.* RB91". In April, it formats the disk sectors. It is non-memory resident, but after infection, it leaves a small memory-resident program that hooks INT 8 (timer), and periodically summons the INT 9 and INT 0Eh.

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