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VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V63
Copyright 1989, McAfee Associates
408 988 3832
The following list outlines the critical characteristics of the known
IBM PC and compatible virus strains identified by SCAN. Beginning with
version 63 of the list, we are including the number of known varieties
of each strain. This number is listed in parenthesis beside the name
of the strain. The total number of known viruses are summed at the
end of the list.
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Infects Fixed Disk Partition Table-------------------+
Infects Fixed Disk Boot Sector---------------------+ |
Infects Floppy Diskette Boot --------------------+ | |
Infects Overlay Files--------------------------+ | | |
Infects EXE Files----------------------------+ | | | |
Infects COM files--------------------------+ | | | | |
Infects COMMAND.COM----------------------+ | | | | | |
Virus Remains Resident-----------------+ | | | | | | |
Virus Uses Self-Encryption-----------+ | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Increase in
| | | | | | | | | Infected
| | | | | | | | | Program's
| | | | | | | | | Size
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Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V Damage
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5120 (2) CleanUp . . x x x x . . . 5120 O,P,D,L
Victor CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2458 P,D,L
JoJo CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
W-13 (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 532 O,P
Slow CleanUp x x . x x x . . . 1721 O,P,L
Frere Jacques CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1811 O,P
Liberty CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2862 O,P
Fish-6 CleanUp x x x x x x . . . 3584 O,P,L
Shake CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 476 O,P
Murphy CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1277 O,P
V800 CleanUp x x . x . . . . . none O,P,L
Kennedy CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 308 O,P
Eight Tunes/1971 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1971 O,P
Yankee Doodle-2 CleanUp . . . x x . . . . 1961 O,P
June 16th CleanUp . . x x . . . . . 1726 F,O,P,L
XA1 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1539 F,O,P,L
1392 CleanUp . x x x x . . . . 1392 O,P,L
1210 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1210 O,P,L
1720 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1720 F,O,P,L
Saturday 14th CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 685 F,O,P,L
Korea (2) M-DISK . . . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Vcomm (3) CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 1074 O,P,L
ItaVir CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 3880 O,P,L,B
Solano (2) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2000 O,P,L
V2000 (3) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2000 O,P,L
1554 SCAN/D . x x x x . . . . 1554 O,P,L
512 (4) SCAN/D . x x x . . . . . none O,P,L
EDV (2) M-DISK . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O
Joker CleanUp . x x x . . . . . O,P
Icelandic-3 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 853 O,P
Virus-101 CleanUp x x x x x x x . . 2560 P
1260 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1260 P
Perfume (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 765 P
Taiwan (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 708 P
Chaos MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F
Virus-90 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 857 P
Oropax (3) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O
4096 (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L
Devil's Dance CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L
Amstrad (5) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 847 P
Payday CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 P
Datacrime II-B CleanUp x . x x x . . . . 1917 P,F
Sylvia/Holland CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 1332 p
Do-Nothing CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 608 p
Sunday (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P
Lisbon (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Typo/Fumble CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 867 O,P
Dbase CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1864 D,O,P
Ghost Boot Version MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Ghost COM Version CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 2351 B,P
New Jerusalem CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Alabama (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L
Yankee Doodle (3) CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P
2930 CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2930 P
Ashar CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
AIDS (3) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
Disk Killer (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,P,D,F
1536/Zero Bug CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1536 O,P
MIX1 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1618 O,P
Dark Avenger (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L
3551/Syslock CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D
VACSINA (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1206 O,P
Ohio MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Typo (Boot Virus) MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Swap/Israeli Boot MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
1514/Datacrime II CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 1514 P,F
Icelandic II CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 661 O,P
Pentagon MDISK . . . . . . x . . N/A B
3066/Traceback (2) M-3066 . x . x x . . . . 3066 P
1168/Datacrime-B CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F
Icelandic (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 642 O,P
Saratoga CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 632 O,P
405 CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
1704 Format CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P,F
Fu Manchu (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P
1280/Datacrime (2) CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F
1701/Cascade CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
1704/CASCADE-B (9) CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Stoned/Marijuana (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
1704/CASCADE CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Ping Pong-B (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Den Zuk (3) MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Ping Pong (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Vienna-B CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Lehigh CleanUp . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F
Vienna/648 (14) M-VIENNA . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Jerusalem-B CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Yale/Alameda (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Friday 13th COM CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 512 P
Jerusalem (9) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
SURIV03 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . O,P
SURIV02 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1488 O,P
SURIV01 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 897 O,P
Pakistani Brain (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Total Known Viruses - 167
Legend:
Damage Fields - B - Corrupts or overwrites Boot Sector
O - Affects system run-time operation
P - Corrupts program or overlay files
D - Corrupts data files
F - Formats or erases all/part of disk
L - Directly or indirectly corrupts file linkage
Size Increase - The length, in bytes, by which an infected
program or overlay file will increase
Characteristics - x - Yes
. - No
Disinfectors - SCAN/D - VIRUSCAN with /D option
SCAN/D/A - VIRUSCAN with /D and /A options
MDISK/P - MDISK with "P" option
All Others - The name of disinfecting program
Note:
The SCAN /D option will overwrite and then delete the
entire infected program. The program must then be
replaced from the original program diskette. If you wish
to try and recover an infected program, then use the
named disinfector if available.