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Number: A1TH083090U507
Subject: Virus Characteristics List
Date: December 18, 1990
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GENERAL
INFORMATION:
VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V64
Copyright 1989, McAfee Associates
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.
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
| | | | | | | | | |
Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V Damage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1008 Clean-Up x x x x . . . . . 1008 O,P,D,L
1024 Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 1024 O,P
1168/Datacrime-B CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F
1210 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1210 O,P,L
1260 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1260 P
1280/Datacrime (2) CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F
1381 Clean-Up . . . . x x . . . 1381 O,P
1392 CleanUp . x x x x . . . . 1392 O,P,L
1514/Datacrime II CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 1514 P,F
1536/Zero Bug CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1536 O,P
1554 SCAN/D . x x x x . . . . 1554 O,P,L
1701/Cascade CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
1704 Format CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P,F
1704/CASCADE CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
1704/CASCADE-B (9) CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P
1720 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1720 F,O,P,L
2930 CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2930 P
3066/Traceback (2) M-3066 . x . x x . . . . 3066 P
3551/Syslock CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D
405 CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program
4096 (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L
512 (4) SCAN/D . x x x . . . . . none O,P,L
5120 (2) CleanUp . . x x x x . . . 5120 O,P,D,L
AIDS (3) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites
Alabama (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L
Amstrad (5) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 847 P
Armagedon CleanUp . x x x . . . . . 1079 O,P
Ashar CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Chaos MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F
Dark Avenger (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L
Datacrime II-B CleanUp x . x x x . . . . 1917 P,F
Dbase CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1864 D,O,P
Den Zuk (3) MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Devil's Dance CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L
Disk Killer (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,P,D,F
Do-Nothing CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 608 p
EDV (2) M-DISK . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O
Eight Tunes/1971 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1971 O,P
Fish-6 CleanUp x x x x x x . . . 3584 O,P,L
Form M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
Frere Jacques CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1811 O,P
Friday 13th COM CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 512 P
Fu Manchu (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P
Ghost Boot Version MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Ghost COM Version CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 2351 B,P
Icelandic (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 642 O,P
Icelandic II CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 661 O,P
Icelandic-3 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 853 O,P
ItaVir CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 3880 O,P,L,B
Jerusalem (9) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Jerusalem-B CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
JoJo CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P
Joker CleanUp . x x x . . . . . O,P
Joshi M-Disk . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O,D
June 13th CleanUp x . . . x . . . . 1201 O,P,D,L
June 16th CleanUp . . x x . . . . . 1726 F,O,P,L
Kennedy CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 308 O,P
Korea (2) M-DISK . . . . . . x x . N/A B,O
Lehigh CleanUp . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F
Liberty CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2862 O,P
Microbes M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
MIX1 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1618 O,P
Murphy CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1277 O,P
New Jerusalem CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P
Ohio MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Oropax (3) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O
Pakistani Brain (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Payday CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 P
Pentagon MDISK . . . . . . x . . N/A B
Perfume (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 765 P
Ping Pong (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B
Ping Pong-B (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Print Screen M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D
RedX Clean-Up . . x x . . . . . 796 O,P
Saratoga CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 632 O,P
Saturday 14th CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 685 F,O,P,L
Shake CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 476 O,P
Slow CleanUp x x . x x x . . . 1721 O,P,L
Solano (2) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2000 O,P,L
Sorry Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 731 O,P
Stoned-II MDISK . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
Stoned/Marijuana (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L
Subliminal Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 1496 O.P
Sunday (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P
SURIV01 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 897 O,P
SURIV02 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1488 O,P
SURIV03 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . O,P
Swap/Israeli Boot MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Sylvia/Holland CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 1332 p
Taiwan (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 708 P
Taiwan3 CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2905 O,P,D,L
Tiny Clean-up . . x x . . . . . 163 O,P
Typo (Boot Virus) MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B
Typo/Fumble CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 867 O,P
V2000 (3) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2000 O,P,L
V800 CleanUp x x . x . . . . . none O,P,L
VACSINA (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1206 O,P
Vcomm (3) CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 1074 O,P,L
Victor CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2458 P,D,L
Vienna-B CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Vienna/648 (14) M-VIENNA . . . x . . . . . 648 P
Virus-101 CleanUp x x x x x x x . . 2560 P
Virus-90 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 857 P
W-13 (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 532 O,P
XA1 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1539 F,O,P,L
Yale/Alameda (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B
Yankee Doodle (3) CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P
Yankee Doodle-2 CleanUp . . . x x . . . . 1961 O,P
Total Known Viruses - 182
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.
(X) This information was verified by the vendor.