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VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V75
Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991 McAfee Associates
All Rights Reserved.
(408) 988-3832
The following list outlines the major characteristics of the known
IBM PC and compatible virus strains identified by SCAN. The number
of known varients of each virus is also listed. This number is listed
in parenthesis beside the name of the strain. The total number of
known viruses is summed at the end of the list. The Clean-Up virus I.D.
code is included in brackets. An asterisk ("*") in front of a virus name
denotes an extinct computer virus.
==========================================================================
A Infects Fixed Disk Partition Table-A-------------------+
9 Infects Fixed Disk Boot Sector-----9-----------------+ |
8 Infects Floppy Diskette Boot-------8---------------+ | |
7 Infects Overlay Files--------------7-------------+ | | |
6 Infects EXE Files------------------6-----------+ | | | |
5 Infects COM files------------------5---------+ | | | | |
4 Infects COMMAND.COM----------------4-------+ | | | | | |
3 Virus Installs Self in Memory------3-----+ | | | | | | |
2 Virus Uses Self-Encryption---------2---+ | | | | | | | |
1 Virus Uses STEALTH Techniques------1-+ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Increase in
| | | | | | | | | | Infected
| | | | | | | | | | Program's
| | | | | | | | | | Size
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A |
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Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V V Damage
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Azusa [Azusa] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . x N/A D,O,B,L
Lazy [Lazy] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 720 O,P
V-555 Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 555 O,P,L
Phantom Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 2253 O,P
V-299 Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 299 O,P,D
Cancer [Cn] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 1480 O,P,D
1575/1591 [15xx] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . vary O,P,L
USSR 492 [U492] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 492 O,P
USSR 1049 [U1049] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 1049 O,P,L
Skism [Skism] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1815 O,P
Holocaust (3) [Holo] Clean-Up x . x x x . . . . . 3784 O,P,L,D
Stone-90 [S90] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 961 O,P
903 [903] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 903 O,P
Dir-Vir [DVir] Clean-Up x . x x x . . . . . 691 O,P,D
Hybrid [Hybrid] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1306 O,P,L
IKV528 [I528] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 528 O,P
Iraqi Warrior [Iwar] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 777 O,P,L,D
Little Pieces [LP] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 1374 O,P
Saddam [Saddam] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 919 O,P,D,L
Monxla-B [MonB] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 535 O,P,L
Plague [Plague] Clean-Up . . . . x x . . . . Overwriting
Polish 217 [P217] Clean-up . . . x x . . . . . 217 O,P
Sentinel [Sent] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 4625 L,O,P,D
Swiss 143 [S143] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 143 O,P,D
USSR311 [U311] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 321 O,P
Voronezh [Voro] Clean-Up . x x x x x x . . . 1600 O,P,D
V-961 [V961] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 961 O,P
USSR830 [U830] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 830 O,P
USSR529 [U529] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 529 O,P
USSR516 [U516] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 516 O,P
USSR2144 [U2144] Clean-Up . x x x x x x . . . 2144 L,O,P,D
USSR1049 [U1049] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 1049 O,P
USSR (3) [USSR] Clean-Up . x . . . x . . . . 575 O,P
Tiny-133 [T133] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 133 O,P
Sverdlov [Sverd] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1962 O,P
Label [Label] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . Overwrites
Kukaturbo [Kuka] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . Overwrites
Justice [Just] Clean-up . . x x x . . . . . 1242 O,P
Hymn [Hymn] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 642 O,P,D
Happy New Year [HNew] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1865 O,P
Destructor [Dest] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1150 O,P
Leapfrog Virus (3) [Leap] Clean-Up . . x ? x . . . . . 516 O,P,D
MGTU Virus (4) [MGTU] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 273 O,P,D
Nina [Nina] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 256 O,P,D
Lozinsky (4) [Loz] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1023 O,P,D
BeBe [BeBe] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1004 O,P,D
Best Wish [BWish] Clean-Up . . . x x x x . . . 1024 O,P,D
Beeper (2) [Beep] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 482 O,P,D
Parity [Parity] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 441 O,P,D
Trust Me [FY] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 417 O,P,D
USSR-948 [U948] Clean-Up . x . . x x x . . . 948 O,P,D
USSR-711 [U711] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 711 P,D
USSR-707 [U707] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 707 P,D
USSR-696 [U696] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 696 P,D
USSR-600 [U600] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 600 P,D
USSR-394 [U394] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 394 P,D
USSR-257 [U257] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 257 P,D
USSR-256 (2) [U256] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 256 P,D
Christmas Violater [CVio] Clean-Up . . . ? x . . . . . ???? O,P,D
Off Stealth [Off] Clean-Up x . x x x x x . . . 1689 O,P,D
Jeff (3) [Jeff] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 828 O,P,D,F
Bloody! [Bloody] M-Disk . x x . . . . x . x N/A B,O
ZeroHunt [Hunt] Clean-Up x x x . x . . . . . N/A O,P,D
Music Bug (3) [MBug] M-Disk . . x . . . . x . x N/A B,O
Dot Killer [Dot] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 944 O,P
Father Christmas [FC] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1881 O,P
3445 [3445] Clean-Up x x x . x x . . . . 3445 O,P,D,L
Mirror (2) [Mirror] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 928 O,P
Polish-2 [P-2] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 512 O,P,D
Polish 217 [P-217] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 217 O,P,D
Happy Day [Happy] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 453 O,P
Monxla (3) [Monxla] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 939 O,P
USSR [USSR] Clean-Up . x . . . x . . . . 575 O,P
Polimer [Polimer] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 512 O,P,D
DataLock [Data] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 920 O,P
Carioca (6) [Carioca] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 951 O,P
529 [529] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 529 O,P,D
Spyer (3) [Spyer] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1181 O,P
Taiwan4 [T4] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 2576 O,P,D
Keypress (3) [Key] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 1232 O,P,D
Casper (2) [Casper] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 1200 L,O,P,D
1605 (2) [1605] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 1605 L,O,P,D
Violator (5) [Vio] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1055 O,P,D
Blood-2 [B-2] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 427 O,P,D
Wisconsin (3) [Wisc] Clean-Up . x . x x . . . . . 825 O,P,D
Christmas-J [C-J] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 600 O,P
Austria (3) [Austria] Clean-Up . . . x x x . . . . Overwrites
Leprosy-B [LepB] Clean-Up . . . x x x . . . . Overwrites
Whale (3) [Whale] Clean-Up x x x x x x x . . . 9216 L,O,P,D
Invader (4) [Invader] Clean-Up . x x . x x x x x . 4096 B,L,O,P,D
Scott's Valley [SVal] Clean-Up . x x . x x x . . . 2133 L,O,P,D
Anarkia (3) [Ana] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1813 O,P,D
Black Monday (2) [BMon] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1055 L,O,P,D
Nomenclature (4) [Nom] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1024 O,P,D
Anthrax - Boot (2) [Atx] M-Disk . . x . . . . . . x N/A O,P,D
Anthrax - File (4) [Atx] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 1206 O,P,D
651 [651] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 651 O,P,D
Paris [Paris] Clean-Up . . . x x x x . . . 4909 O,P,D,L
Leprosy (5) [Lep] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . Overwrites
Mardi Bros. (3) [Mardi] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O
1253 - Boot [1253] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x x N/A O,P,D,L
1253 - COM [1253] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 1253 O,P,D,L
AirCop (3) [AirCop] M-DISK . . x . . . . x . . N/A B,O
400 (5) [400] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . Vary O,P,D
P1 (4) [P1r] Clean-Up . x x . x . . . . . Vary O,P,D,L
Ontario [Ont] Clean-Up . x x x x x . . . . Vary O,P,D
1226 (3) [1226] Clean-Up . x x x x x x . . . 1226 O,P,D
V2100 (2) [2100] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 2100 O,P,D,L
Plastique (9) [P1q] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 3012 O,P,D
Wolfman (2) [Wolf] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 2064 O,P
Doom2 [Dm2] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 2504 O,P,D,L
Flip (4) [Flip] Clean-Up . x x x x x x . . . 2343 O,P,D,L
Fellowship (3) [Fellow] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 1022 O,P,D,L
Flash [Flash] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 688 O,P,D,L
1008 [1008] Clean-Up . x x x x . . . . . 1008 O,P,D,L
Stoned-II [Stoned] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
Taiwan3 [T3] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 2905 O,P,D,L
Armagedon (3) [Arma] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 1079 O,P
1381 [1381] Clean-Up . . . . . x x . . . 1381 O,P
Tiny (13) [Tiny] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 163 O,P
Subliminal (3) [Sub] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 1496 O,P
Sorry [Sorry] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 731 O,P
RedX (2) [Redx] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 796 O,P
1024 (2) [1024] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . 1024 O,P
Joshi (4) [Joshi] Clean-Up x . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O,D
Microbes [Micro] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
Print Screen (2) [PrtScr] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
Form (2) [Form] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
July 13th [J13] Clean-Up . x . . . x . . . . 1201 O,P,D,L
5120 (3) [5120] Clean-Up . . . x x x x . . . 5120 O,P,D,L
Victor (2) [Victor] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 2458 P,D,L
JoJo (3) [JoJo] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
W-13 (4) [W13] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 532 O,P
Slow (5) [Slow] Clean-Up . x x . x x x . . . 1721 O,P,L
Frere Jacques [Frere] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1811 O,P
Liberty (2) [Liberty] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 2862 O,P
Fish-6 (2) [Fish] Clean-Up x x x x x x x . . . 3584 O,P,L
Shake [Shake] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 476 O,P
Murphy [Murphy] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1277 O,P
V800 (3) [V800] Clean-Up x x x . x . . . . . none O,P,L
Kennedy (3) [Kennedy] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 308 O,P
8 Tunes/1971 (2) [1971] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1971 O,P
Yankee - 2 [Doodle2] Clean-Up . . . . x x . . . . 1961 O,P
June 16th [June16] Clean-Up . . . x x . . . . . 1726 F,O,P,L
XA1 [XA1] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 1539 F,O,P,L
1392 [1392] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 1392 O,P,L
1210 [1210] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 1210 O,P,L
1720 (3) [1720] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1720 F,O,P,L
Saturday 14th (3) [Sat14] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 685 F,O,P,L
Korea (4) [Korea] M-DISK . . . . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Vcomm (5) [Vcomm] Clean-Up . . . . . x . . . . 1074 O,P,L
ItaVir [Ita] Clean-Up . . . . . x . . . . 3880 O,P,L,B
Solano (3) [Solano] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 2000 O,P,L
V2000 (3) [2000] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 2000 O,P,L
1559 [1559] Clean-Up . . x x x x . . . . 1554 O,P,L
512 (5) [512] Clean-Up x . x x x . . . . . none O,P,L
EDV (2) [EDV] Clean-Up x . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O
Joker [Joke] Clean-Up . . x x x . . . . . O,P
Icelandic-3 [Ice-3] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 853 O,P
Virus-101 [101] Clean-Up . x x x x x x x . . 2560 P
1260 (3) [1260] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 1260 P
Perfume (2) [Fume] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 765 P
Taiwan (3) [Taiwan] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 708 P
Chaos [Chaos] MDISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F
Virus-90 [90] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 857 P
Oropax (5) [Oro] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O
4096 (4) [4096] Clean-Up x . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L
Devil's Dance (2) [Dance] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L
Amstrad (5) [Amst] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 847 P
Payday (2) [Payday] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1808 P
Datacrime II-B [Crime-2] Clean-Up . x . x x x . . . . 1917 P,F
Sylvia/Holland [Holland] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 1332 P
Do-Nothing [Nothing] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 608 P
Sunday (4) [Sunday] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P
Lisbon (2) [Lisb] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Typo/Fumble [Typo] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 867 O,P
Dbase [Dbase] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 1864 D,O,P
Ghost Boot [Ghost] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Ghost COM [Ghost] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 2351 B,P
New Jerusalem [Jeru] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Alabama (3) [Alabama] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L
Yank Doodle (6) [Doodle] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P
2930 [2930] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 2930 P
Ashar [Brain] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . . N/A B
AIDS (4) [Aids] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . Overwrites
Disk Killer (4) [Killer] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,P,D,F
1536/Zero Bug [Zero] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 1536 O,P
MIX1 [Ice] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 1618 O,P
Dark Avenger (4) [Dav] Clean-Up . . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L
3551/Syslock [Syslock] Clean-Up . x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D
VACSINA (5) [Vacs] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1206 O,P
Ohio [Ohio] M-DISK . . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Typo Boot [Typo] M-DISK . . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Swap Boot [Swap] M-DISK . . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Datacrime II [Crime-2] Clean-Up . x . . x x . . . . 1514 P,F
Icelandic II [Ice-2] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 661 O,P
Pentagon [Pentagon] M-DISK . . . . . . . x . . N/A B
Traceback (3) [3066] Clean-Up . . x . x x . . . . 3066 P
Datacrime-B [Crime-B] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F
Icelandic (2) [Ice] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 642 O,P
Saratoga [Ice] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 632 O,P
405 [405] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . Overwrites
1704 Format [170x] Clean-Up . x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P,F
Fu Manchu (4) [Fu] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P
Datacrime (2) [Crime] Clean-Up . x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F
1701/Cascade [170x] Clean-Up . x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
CASCADE-B (9) [170x] Clean-Up . x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Stoned (5) [Stoned] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
1704/CASCADE [170x] Clean-Up . x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
Ping Pong-B (2) [Ping] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Den Zuk (3) [Zuk] M-DISK . . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Ping Pong (5) [Ping] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Vienna-B [Vienna] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Lehigh [Lehigh] Clean-Up . . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F
Vienna/648 (18) [Vienna] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Jerusalem-B [Jeru] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Alameda (2) [Alameda] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Friday 13th COM [Fri13] Clean-Up . . . . x . . . . . 512 P
Jerusalem (17) [Jeru] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
SURIV03 [SurivB] Clean-Up . . x . x x x . . . O,P
SURIV02 [SurivA] Clean-Up . . x . . x . . . . 1488 O,P
SURIV01 [SurivA] Clean-Up . . x . x . . . . . 897 O,P
Brain (3) [Brain] Clean-Up . . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Total Known Viruses - 481
LEGEND:
Size Increase:
N/A - Virus does not attach to files.
None - Virus does not change file size (attaches to tag end of file)
Overwrites - Virus overwrites beginning of file, no file size change
All Others - The length in bytes by which a file will increase when infected.
Damage Fields:
B - Corrupts or overwrites the boot sector
D - Corrupts data files
F - Formats or overwrites all/part of disk
L - Directly or indirectly corrupts file linkage
O - Affects system run-time operation
P - Corrupts program or overlay files
Characteristics:
x - Yes
. - No
Disinfectors:
CLEAN-UP - CLEAN-UP universal virus disinfector
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 options 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
above-named disinfector if available.
If a virus infects Overlay Files (Item 7) Clean-Up should
be used with the /A option when removing the virus.
