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  1.  
  2. Update report of Thunderbyte Anti-Virus utilities.
  3.     Prefixes:
  4.     '-'     indicates a change that does not require user attention.
  5.     '->'    indicates a modification that requires user attention, such as a
  6.             change in program invocation, etc.
  7.  
  8. *** NOTE ***
  9. NetWork administrators, read the TBAV.Doc file for information about a
  10. fast and reliable way to update all workstations automatically!
  11.  
  12.  
  13. 6.12 Product update
  14. -------------------
  15.  
  16. General information:
  17.     ->  NEW BBS NUMBER! The Thunderbyte support BBS in The Netherlands is
  18.         now a multi-line BBS, available via a new phone number:
  19.                     +31 - 59 - 182 011
  20.         (Dutch Residents, dial 059 182 011).
  21.         All lines are available through just this ONE number. We will keep
  22.         on adding lines until the occupancy of the BBS remains within
  23.         acceptable limits.
  24.  
  25.  
  26. TbScan:
  27.     -   Modified the code tracer. Heuristic alarms now less often appear
  28.         on high-level-language programs. TbScan now performs slightly
  29.         faster. Increased the heuristic detection.
  30.  
  31.     -   Improved the polymorphic virus detection.
  32.  
  33.     -   TbScan now also detects the most common archives while scanning
  34.         non-executable files, displaying a 'p' behind the filename.
  35.  
  36.     -   Scanning of non-executable files is now faster.
  37.  
  38.     -   Increased the maximum number of sub-directories that one directory
  39.         can contain from 1024 to 1536.
  40.  
  41.     -   Implemented full Windows-OS/2 virus detection! If TbScan detects
  42.         that a program also has a Windows or OS/2 entry point, this
  43.         entry point will be located and scanned too. Due to the design
  44.         of Windows-OS/2 software, scanning of the Windows-OS/2 entry
  45.         point is relatively time consuming. If you don't use Windows or
  46.         OS/2 and feel that the detection of the just three Windows viruses
  47.         and one OS/2 virus is not worth the scan speed penalty of 10%, you
  48.         can switch the Windows-OS/2 scanning off with option 'nowin' (nw).
  49.  
  50.  
  51. Viruses:
  52.     -   We did some major maintenance on our virus collection. Many virus
  53.         names have been adapted to the CARO virus naming convention.
  54.  
  55.     -   Removed signatures:
  56.  
  57.         Arcv.965                now detected by PS-MPC.Joshua
  58.         Thriller                now detected by Green_Caterpillar
  59.         Liquid                  now detected by Satan
  60.  
  61.     -   Changed signatures:
  62.  
  63.         No_Frills.Dudley        now also detects the EXE samples
  64.         Pixel                   now also detects the GERMs
  65.         HLLC.Laufwerk           changed because of scanner modifications
  66.         HLLO.Kamikaze           changed because of scanner modifications
  67.         Voronezh.1600           now detected more reliable
  68.         Vienna.Kaszana          now detects these viruses (?)
  69.         Totoro                  now also detects the EXE variants
  70.         Ash                     now detects the Ash.451 variant too
  71.         Deicide                 now also detects the Deicide.665 variant
  72.         Dos7                    now also detects the Dos7.c variants
  73.         Yam                     now also detects the Germ
  74.         Beer                    now also detects the Beer.3192 variant
  75.         PDP                     now also detects a new variant
  76.         Curse_IV                now also detects the EXE variants
  77.         Digger.1000             now detects ALL variants.
  78.         Green_Caterpillar       now also detects the .1989 variant
  79.         MWS                     now detects all samples
  80.         Path                    now detects all samples
  81.         XTAC                    now correctly detects the COM samples
  82.         Velvet                  now correctly detects all samples
  83.         VComm                   now also detects the Vcomm.637.B samples
  84.         Flip                    now also detects the Flip.Madrid variant
  85.         Infector {2}            now also detects the 822.B variant
  86.         DAME                    now also correctly detects the EXE samples
  87.         Lokinator               now detects all samples
  88.         Cybertech mutation eng  renamed to      Arcv (encrypted)
  89.         Alpha                   renamed to      Arcv.Alpha
  90.         Arcv.250                renamed to      Arcv.Lurve
  91.         Arcv.334                renamed to      Arcv.Made.225
  92.         Made                    renamed to      Arcv.Made.334
  93.         Arcv.Companion          renamed to      Arcv.Spawn-1
  94.         Zaphod                  renamed to      Arcv.Zaphod
  95.         Demonvip                renamed to      Ash.817
  96.         Joker.1602              renamed to      Ash.1602
  97.         _2161                   renamed to      Appelscha
  98.         Tecla                   renamed to      Barrotes.1303
  99.         Barrotes                renamed to      Barrotes.1310
  100.         AntiD                   renamed to      Civil_War.561
  101.         Shifter                 renamed to      Civil_Defense
  102.         EB7                     renamed to      Cluster
  103.         _1798                   renamed to      Com2S
  104.         EVE                     renamed to      Curse_IV
  105.         Emmie_Plus              renamed to      Emmie.3097
  106.         _383                    renamed to      F-Word
  107.         _1403                   renamed to      F4
  108.         Fax_Free.Topo           renamed to      Fax_Free.Topo.A
  109.         Fax_Free.Lamer          renamed to      Fax_Free.Topo.B
  110.         Fish_6                  renamed to      Frodo.Fish_6
  111.         Adams                   renamed to      GenVir
  112.         Pinky                   renamed to      Ghost.Pinky
  113.         Bumpy                   renamed to      Gippo.Bumpy
  114.         VCL.Grunt               renamed to      Grunt
  115.         Iron_Umbrella           renamed to      Grunt.359
  116.         Buen_Dia                renamed to      Gusano
  117.         Slowlite                renamed to      HLLC.Slowlite
  118.         Madismo                 renamed to      HLLO.Madismo
  119.         Ultimation              renamed to      HLLO.Ultimation
  120.         HLL.Pascal.3966         renamed to      HLLP.3966
  121.         HLL.Pascal.7808         renamed to      HLLP.7808
  122.         HLLO.4870               renamed to      HLLP.NP
  123.         HLL.RNA.1               renamed to      HLLP.RNA.7296
  124.         HLL.RNA.2               renamed to      HLLP.RNA.7408
  125.         Stanco                  renamed to      HLLP.Stanco
  126.         Virdemo                 renamed to      Idoshe
  127.         Nuke1984                renamed to      Ignorant
  128.         MeiHua                  renamed to      Inoculation
  129.         PS-MPC.Bailey           renamed to      IVP.YAM_Butt
  130.         Jerusalem.Captain_Trips renamed to      Jerusalem.1808.CT
  131.         PCV                     renamed to      Jerusalem.PcVrsDs
  132.         Piazzola                renamed to      Jerusalem.Suriv.1_01.Piazzola
  133.         Jerusalem.1663          renamed to      Jerusalem_II
  134.         _2153                   renamed to      JMPflag
  135.         Kohntark                renamed to      K-4
  136.         Knight                  renamed to      KLF
  137.         Nc3                     renamed to      Leprosy.Crawler
  138.         Liberty_SSSSS           renamed to      Liberty.1170
  139.         June_12th               renamed to      Mabuhay
  140.         WW.2048                 renamed to      Marzia
  141.         Tchantches              renamed to      Mine
  142.         Fingers                 renamed to      Many_Fingers
  143.         Mordor                  renamed to      Mordor.1110
  144.         Paola                   renamed to      Mordor.538
  145.         _889                    renamed to      MShark.889
  146.         AT.small                renamed to      MultiChild
  147.         Silly.712               renamed to      Naught
  148.         No_Frills               renamed to      No_Frills.No_Frills
  149.         Dudley                  renamed to      No_Frills.Dudley
  150.         Noon_Beep               renamed to      Noon_Beep.1163
  151.         Poledne                 renamed to      Noon_Beep.1666
  152.         Talking_Heads           renamed to      No_Party
  153.         Plutonium               renamed to      Number_1.Plutonum
  154.         Ontario                 renamed to      Ontario.512
  155.         SBC                     renamed to      Ontario.1024
  156.         Hydra                   renamed to      Pixel.Hydra
  157.         Quad_Equ                renamed to      Quadratic
  158.         Coruna.2                renamed to      Rasek.1489
  159.         Coruna.3                renamed to      Rasek.1492
  160.         Red_Spider              renamed to      Reverse
  161.         Lamer-Slayer            renamed to      Rythem
  162.         Satan-B                 renamed to      Satan
  163.         Fat_Table               renamed to      Shiet
  164.         Simple.2                renamed to      Simple_Minded
  165.         _1068                   renamed to      Spinner
  166.         Sterculius              renamed to      Sterculius.280
  167.         Phoenix.927             renamed to      Swiss_Phoenix
  168.         Merry_Christmas         renamed to      Tamsui
  169.         Blaise                  renamed to      Techno_Rat
  170.         Hacktic.2               renamed to      Tic.93
  171.         Tic                     renamed to      Tic.109
  172.         Athens                  renamed to      Trojector
  173.         Joker-01                renamed to      Vacsina.Joker
  174.         Code_Zero               renamed to      VCL.CodeZero
  175.         NewA                    renamed to      Vienna.Careful
  176.         Arcv.X-1                renamed to      X-1
  177.         VCL.Lythym              renamed to      Radyum.502
  178.         PS-MPC.Radyum           renamed to      Radyum.448
  179.         Bios                    renamed to      Meta
  180.         Arcv.1060               renamed to      Arcv.X-3b
  181.         Iranian                 renamed to      Abbas
  182.         Atomic.1                renamed to      Atomic.480
  183.         Atomic.2                renamed to      Atomic.831
  184.         Clone_War               renamed to      Clonewar.247
  185.         ACME                    renamed to      Clonewar.923
  186.         Cossiga                 renamed to      Cossiga.883
  187.         Cossiga.Friends         renamed to      Cossiga.1361
  188.         Ibex                    renamed to      Brasil
  189.         CPW {1}                 renamed to      CPW.1459
  190.         CPW {2}                 renamed to      CPW.1527
  191.         Crew_I                  renamed to      Crew.2480
  192.         Crew_II                 renamed to      Crew.1967
  193.         Chromosome              renamed to      Golgi.385
  194.         Over_4032               renamed to      HLLO.4032
  195.         4870_Overwriting        renamed to      HLLO.4870
  196.         Arcv.Kiss               renamed to      Hungarian.Kiss
  197.         Arcv.Reaper             renamed to      Hungarian.Reaper
  198.         Deranged                renamed to      IVP {2}
  199.         KLF                     renamed to      Knight
  200.         Varicella               renamed to      Npox.1482
  201.         Kamikaze                renamed to      HLLO.Kamikaze
  202.         PS-MPC.Dennis           renamed to      PS-MPC.Payrise
  203.         Russian_Tiny            renamed to      Russian_Tiny.A
  204.         CC                      renamed to      Russian_Tiny.B
  205.         Small {2}               renamed to      Russian_Tiny.C
  206.         Small {1}               renamed to      Russian_Tiny.D
  207.         Tiny.143b               renamed to      Russian_Tiny.F
  208.         Beast-NB                renamed to      Vienna.BNB
  209.         Gosia                   renamed to      Vienna.Gosia
  210.         Kaszana                 renamed to      Vienna.Kaszana
  211.         Viperize                renamed to      Vienna.Viperize
  212.         Warlock                 renamed to      Yankee_Doodle.Warlock
  213.         AVA                     renamed to      AVA.600
  214.         _550                    renamed to      AVA.550
  215.  
  216.     -   Added signatures:
  217.  
  218.         _302
  219.         Accept
  220.         Alien
  221.         ARJworm
  222.         Australian_Terminator
  223.         Avispa
  224.         Backfind                (trojan)
  225.         Chaos_Year
  226.         Cyberiot                (windows virus)
  227.         Dark_Ray
  228.         Desperado
  229.         Double_Heart
  230.         Dummy
  231.         Espacio
  232.         EXE-256
  233.         EXE-440
  234.         EXE_Engine
  235.         Farenheit-121           (trojan)
  236.         Goblino
  237.         Ghost.Blinky
  238.         Gippo.Stunning
  239.         Glitch
  240.         HLLC.7952
  241.         HLLC.14880
  242.         HLLO.5760
  243.         HLLO.Eomer
  244.         HLLP.3779
  245.         Hobbit
  246.         Jiskefet                (OS/2 virus)
  247.         Keeper.Enemy
  248.         KillCMos
  249.         Lockup
  250.         Ludwig.B
  251.         Ludwig.C
  252.         Manowar
  253.         Mirea
  254.         MREI
  255.         Murphy.Iced
  256.         MZBoot
  257.         Not
  258.         OffSpring
  259.         Phantasmagoria
  260.         Predator.1148
  261.         Predator.1195
  262.         Pro
  263.         PS-MPC.Seven_percent.290
  264.         PS-MPC.Seven_percent.325
  265.         PS-MPC.Sorlec.535
  266.         Radyum.519
  267.         Radyum.860
  268.         Sayha
  269.         Scorpio_II
  270.         SideWinder
  271.         Smash
  272.         Split_Second
  273.         SRP
  274.         Sterculius.440
  275.         Stimp
  276.         SVC.3241
  277.         SVM
  278.         Three_Tunes
  279.         Traveller_Jack.1008
  280.         Twitch                  (windows virus)
  281.         VCL.ABX
  282.         VCL.Succubus
  283.         Virogen                 (also named Asexual)
  284.         Wildfire
  285.         WinVir                  (windows virus)
  286.         WolfCheat               (trojan)
  287.         Yankee_Doodle.2189
  288.         Zulu
  289.