Virus Database

Companion.261

Description Companion.261

This is the family of companion viruses. The most part of them are harmless and not memory resident. They search for .EXE-files and create companion files with COM extension. They contain the internal strings:
*.EXE COM

and
"Companion.261": CloneWar V1.0
"Companion.Gif": HAHA.GIF
"Companion.TrekWar.547":
Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.
[TrekWar]

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4res

Description 4res

It is not a dangerous nonmemory resident virus. It writes itself to the end of .COM and .EXE files of current directory and directories that are marked in the PATH string. On January, 1st it halts the computer. It contains the internal text strings:
4RESPATH=COMSPEC=*.COM
*.EXE
4RES

4Seasons.1534

Description 4Seasons.1534

It is a very dangerous memory resident parasitic virus. It hooks INT 13h, 14h, 21h and writes itself to the beginning of COM-files (except COMMAND.COM) that are executed. The virus deletes the CHKLIST.CPS file.
Depending on the system time the virus erases the *.DAT files, or disables printing. Depending on its internal counters the virus disables Create/Delete Directory and Set Time/Date DOS-functions, slows down PC, erases disk sectors.
The virus contains the text strings, the last one is encrypted:
.dat
chklist.cps
COMMAND
* THE FOUR SEASONS VIRUS * (C) WET, PARIS 1991 *
I HAD MUCH FUN WRITING THIS VIRUS, I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN WITH IT TOO!!
* MES AMITIES A PATRICIA M., JE T'EMBRASSE TRES FORT ET JE PENSE A TOI *

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