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- Version 2.17 - major changes:
-
- The names of very many viruses have been changed, and new names assigned
- to viruses that previously only had a temporary name, starting with an
- underscore. Some of those changes were made because of changes in
- classification or in order to make the naming system more regular.
-
- A few renamings deserve a special note - the Jerusalem.Vtech viruses have
- been renamed to Jerusalem.HK, as the viruses have nothing whatsoever to
- do with the Vtech computers. For a similar reason, the Prodigy virus
- was renamed to Glupak and Coke was renamed to Coker.
-
- Our definition for "invalid file" has been changed a bit. Previously
- we used the same method as DEBUG - if DEBUG displayed "Error ine EXE or
- HEX file" when attempting to load a file, F-PROT would display "Invalid
- file". However, some of those "invalid" files would actullly run, at
- least under some versions of DOS, and the this has now been taken into
- consideration.
-
- Version 2.17 - the following problems were found and corrected:
-
- EXE files infected with Astra.1010 used to be reported as infected with
- a "new or modified variant of Astra".
-
- Zero_Hunter.415-infected files were not disinfected correctly.
-
- Some Leprosy.591 and Emmie.2620-infected files were not identified
- correctly, but reported as "New or modified variant of ..."
-
- Sometimes when reporting "companion" viruses, F-PROT would incorrectly
- add a message like "truncated - 5273 bytes missing".
-
- Version 2.17 - the following false alarms were fixed:
-
- CDBENCH.EXE \
- DGKEY.COM > F-PROT /ANALYSE false positives
- L2D.EXE /
-
- PS7_IDC.DLL Possibly a variant of Aurea
-
- FFRAMRPL.BST Possibly a a Cruel-dropper
-
- NOGUARD.EXE Possibly a variant of PCBB
-
- CATCH.EXE Possibly a variant of Doubleheart
-
- Version 2.16d reported several files as "Possibly a new variant of
- AntiCad". Those false alarms should now have been fixed.
-
- Version 2.17 - minor improvements and changes:
-
- Testing has revealed a problem on some machines, involving random
- memory errors, not detected by parity checking. This is generally
- either caused by too few wait states or faulty cache memory. So
- far this problem has only been found on 486/66 and Pentium/90 machines.
-
- This problem can have unpredictable effects on various programs,
- including F-PROT. It may cause the message "checksum error in SIGN.DEF"
- to be displayed, or a random corruption of a search pattern, possibly
- causing false positives or false negatives. F-PROT will now attempt to
- detect this situation, by checksumming the search patterns before and
- after scanning. If the checksums are not identical, a warning message
- will be displayed.
-
- Version 2.17 - new viruses:
-
- The following 77 viruses are now identified, but can not be removed as
- they overwrite or corrupt infected files. Some of them were detected by
- earlier versions of F-PROT, but not identified accurately.
-
- _1792
- Anarchy
- Assassin (952 and959)
- Belorussia
- Burger (441.C, 560.AW, 560.AX, 560.AY, 560.AZ and 560.BA)
- Burma (442.C and 442.D)
- Consumed
- Demand (666.B and 789.B)
- DS
- HLLO (4240, 8608, Hepatitus, Joker.B, Number_1.E, Tyst and Virms)
- IVP (200, 365, 374 and 478)
- Leprosy (573, 666.I, 666.L, 666.N, 1306, 47857, Lubec and Skism.808.E)
- Lseek (a small flaw in this virus prevents disinfection)
- Material
- Milan.WWT.125.D
- Mr_Twister
- Necropolis.D
- Ooops
- Over1644
- Radish (8444 and 8466)
- SillyOR.131
- Simple_Minded (123 and 207)
- Sum (cirus corrupts .COM files, but .EXE files can be cleaned)
- TheDraw
- Trivial (27.E, 30.I, 32.C, 33.B, 42.H, 45.F, 46.B, 75, 82, 92, 99,
- 157, 346, 579 and Tom)
- VCL (288, 302, 457, 1297, Fire, Mindless.423.D, Mindless.423.E,
- Mindless.423.F, Mindless.423.G, Monet.267, Monet.466 and
- Viral_Messiah.705)
- Zero-to-O.C
-
- The following 372 new viruses can now be removed. Many of them were
- detected by earlier versions, but are now identified accurately.
-
- _376
- _490
- _535
- _1054
- _1125
- Alex_II
- Alex&Solo
- Andreew
- AntiCad.4096.K
- Anticheck
- AntiPascal_II.400.B
- ARCV.Ice-9.639.B
- Arjworm
- Armagedon.1079.F
- Austr_Parasite.543
- Ash.280.B
- Baba.350
- Better_World.F
- Blue_Nine (A and B)
- BootExe (203 and 204
- Breaking.B
- BW.371
- Cascade (1701.AC, 1701.AE, 1701.AF, 1704.AA and 1704.AB)
- Catscratch
- Cavaco
- Chaos.1181.L
- Charm
- Cholera (A and B)
- CLME.1952
- Clonewar.923.D
- Cpxk.B
- CSF
- Danish_Tiny.263
- Dark_Avenger (1800.N, 1800.O and 2000.Satan)
- Deathboy.640
- Dead.1374
- Deaf.1119
- Dei.1948
- Demand
- Dennis.689
- Diamond.1024.C
- Digress
- Drunk
- DSU (1414 and 1422)
- Eader
- Ear (Ear.1024.C and Ear.1026)
- Easy
- Emmie.2702
- Este
- Exp (1617 and 1619)
- F-soft (633 and 656)
- Faerie (286.A and 286.B)
- Faillure
- Father_Mac.269
- Father_Christmas
- Fewster
- Firewalk
- Five_days
- Flip (2153.F and 2153.I)
- Form.F
- Galya
- Gambler
- Gidra.502
- Ginger.2624
- Gippo.Stunning.B
- Glitch.449
- Good_Doctor
- Gotcha (828 and 1778)
- Grazie (859 and 1361.C)
- Grog (216 and 926)
- Grunt.344
- Gysium
- H_Andromeda.725
- Helloween.1160
- Hellspawn.1071
- Hermanos.2015
- HLL (3779, 4075, 4568, 4984, 8304, Birthday.5824, Birthday.7808,
- Linda, RSW and Rust)
- HLLC (8736, 14880, 1769.B, Enrico, Unvisible.A and Unvisible.B)
- HS.903
- Hypervisor
- Icelandic.1600
- Intruder (1336 and 1353)
- Inv-evil.769
- Int78.B
- IT.462
- IVP (705, 803, 927, Bad_Friday, Silo and Thursday)
- J&M.B
- Jaat
- Jerusalem (1808.Blank.D, 1808.Zeros, 2000, 2465, 2472,
- AntiCad.2900.ABT.B, Fu_Manchu.C, Maroccan, PSQR.D and
- Sunday.O)
- John
- Jtemp
- Kaos.C
- Keyboard-bug.1568
- Keypress (935, 995, 1232.O, 1232.P and 1266)
- Kela (1171, 1735, 1904, 2520 and 2530)
- Keybug.1268
- Khiznjak (692.B, 719, 731, 749, 765, 823, 846 and 1269)
- Kid.434
- Kiwi.512
- Klubb
- Krad
- Kyokushinkai (2048.A and 3072)
- Leath
- Lehigh.B
- Lemming.2151
- Lesson_I.300
- Letter_H
- Little.B
- Loki.1228
- Lubek
- Lyceum (944 and 1800)
- Magda
- MegaS
- Metal.400
- Micro.B
- Mirea (925, 950, 1953 and 1962)
- MMIR (279 and 421.B)
- Mooc
- Mr_Gu.545
- Multiflu.791
- Multiplex.815
- Murphy (Pest.B and Tormentor.1072.C)
- My_Child.B
- Natas.4774
- New_Year
- Ng (706, 914 and 1036)
- Night_knight
- Ninety_two
- Nr
- Ohm
- Orchid.351
- Overdoze (470 and 472)
- P&C
- Patoruzu
- Peep
- PDV
- Pixel.850.B
- Polonaise
- Powertrip
- Press.B
- Prodigy
- Proto-T (599.B, 602 and 654)
- PS-MPC (310, 311.B, 388, 430, 441, 487, 480, 504, 510, 517, 564.C,
- 564.D, 565.I, 574.F, 578.N, 578.O, 578.P, 578.Q, 598.D,
- 598.E, 598.F, 606.G, 1295, DemoExe.32947, Dork, G2.Puppet,
- G2.Stargate, HD, Mema.1187, Mema.1201, Mema.1203, Mema.1217,
- Mercenary, Payrise.874, Shrimp, Snort and Weak)
- Pure.440
- Quarry
- Rajaat (287, 443, 679 and 700)
- Realize
- Red_October
- Reedcat
- Republic
- Rescue
- Retix
- Rodolf
- Sandy.1107
- Satyricon.355
- Sauron_II
- Scratch.374
- Shirley.C
- Shizol
- SillyC (96, 128, 144, 169.B, 179, 190, 215.B, 264, 302, 331, 343,
- 498, 563 and 626)
- SillyCR (76, 80, 125, 130, 131, 200, 239, 240, 261, 264, 330, 357,
- 563)
- SillyCER.307
- SillyER.323
- Simplex (504 and 507)
- Sink
- Siskin.763
- Sistor.2605
- Slava
- Small_comp.89
- Sofia_Term.899
- Soldier
- Sql
- SRP.2264
- Stinkfoot (1283.A and 1283.B)
- Sylvia.1332.F
- Syslock.Syslock.F
- Tai-Pan.434
- Tamsui.19033
- Tokyo.1068
- Traceback.2930.B
- Trakia.653
- Trash
- Trash_soft
- Try
- Tver.532
- Twisted (239 and 461)
- Union
- Ussr-414
- UTA
- Uucckk
- Uvjan
- V-160.164
- VBasic.G
- VCL (208, 279, 315, 316, 342, Anston.B, Bev.516.B, Catholic,
- Code_Zero.652.B, Genesis.738, Grail, Heevahava.520, Lobo
- and Pleasure)
- VCM
- Vcode
- Vienna (486, 620, 648.AF, BNB.K, BNB.L and Violator.5305)
- Viv
- Vor (1536.A, 1536.B, 1536.C and 1584)
- Wally.981
- Wart
- WMA
- Write
- XAM_II
- Yankee-Doodle.TP.44.E
- YB.402
- Zero_Hunter (415.B, 415.C and 415.D)
- Zielona
-
- The following 171 new viruses are now detected and identified but can not
- yet be removed.
-
- _1685
- 2-up
- 4On
- AC
- Annihilator (272, 304, 357, 379, 390, 412 and 711)
- Anston.1782
- Antipode
- Attitude.827
- Australian_Parasite (Split.1033 and Split.1035)
- Backform (A and B)
- Badcommand
- Ball
- Beer.3192.B
- Bettle
- Blackhack
- BoxBox
- Bug
- BW.474
- Cannibal
- CHCC.1428
- CLI&HLT
- Congrats.918
- CorpLife
- Cybertech.552
- D-K
- Daemaen.2041
- Dalian
- DBF (990 and 1115)
- Deathboy (893, 912, 931 and 937)
- Dementia
- DIR-II (1024.E, 1024.J and 2048)
- DIS
- Dodger
- Drug
- E-Morph
- Emmie (2604, 2823 and 3097)
- Eternity (410, 411, 562 and 599)
- Exterminator
- Father_Mac (289, 303, 789, 836, 1360, 1455, 1470, 1495 and 1496)
- FF_char
- Fraud (600 and 666)
- Girls
- Ha!.1224
- Halka
- Hello (615, 640 and 720)
- Hellspawn.Gif.681
- Hermanos.27773
- HLL (3677.B, 4942, 5000 and LouLou)
- Hnyslov
- Honey.1029
- I_am
- Ieronim_III
- Inquis
- IVP (510, 665, 766, 811, 827, 874, 886, 939, 974 and 2316)
- Kela.823
- Keyboard_bug.2262
- Keypress.1000
- Khai
- Khiznjak (515, 565 and 1011)
- Konkoor.1933
- KSV
- Leech (1025 and 1026)
- Legozz
- Loren.1374
- Megabug
- Mirror_II
- Miss_D
- Monte_Carlo (1483 and 1541)
- Mut-int.694
- No_of_the_Beast.Z
- Nocopy.3685
- NRLG (666, 755, 813, 824, 853, 865, 901, 964, 985, 1001, 1007 and 1009)
- Orchid.311
- Ostap
- Otti
- PCBB (1679, 3072.A and 3072.B)
- PD
- Pfeifer
- Phyton
- Pinky.1124
- Poison
- Pollution.822
- Predator.1072.B
- Prime.1164
- PS-MPC.DK.693
- Psychosis.1195
- Pyramid
- Renegade
- Rest
- RMNS.736.B
- Robal
- Ryazan.B
- Sabados
- Scramble (1203, 1253 and 1256)
- Screaming_Fist.512
- Sentinel.4636.B
- Shatin
- Skater.673
- Tina
- TS (1200, 1235 and 1418)
- Tver.776
- VCL (511, 2037, Genocide.952 and Genocide.981)
- Verb
- Vic.793
- Vinchuca
- Vinnitsa (1620 and 1658)
- Vodka
- VVF.1868
- Wasp (623 and 903)
- Wormsign
- Zherkov.2269
- Zipper
-
- The following 12 new viruses are now detected, but not identified.
- F-PROT will just report the family name with a (?), as it is not yet
- able to determine which variant it is dealing with. Disinfection of
- these viruses is not yet possible.
-
- DSME (Apex, Connie.B, Demo and Teacher)
- Minosse
- Mombasa
- Mutagen (0_90.Agent, 0_95.Agent, 1_00.Agent, 1_00.Secret,
- 1_10.Agent.A, 1_10.Agent.B, 1_10.Hitek)
- S-bug.Fruitfly
- Scacchi (Bishop and Rook)
-
- The following 1 virus which was identified by earlier versions can
- now be removed.
-
- Singapore
-
- The following viruses have been renamed:
-
- _81 -> Trivial.81
- _132 -> Foxy
- _257 -> No_Hope
- _286 -> Bell
- _317 -> Urfin
- _343 -> Quinine
- _386 -> Tique
- _391 -> Kak
- _422 -> Quasar
- _468 -> Mango
- _494 -> NoPM
- _500 -> Qaver
- _524 -> Quell
- _571 -> Quibble
- _592 -> ManOWar
- _593 -> Quash
- _604 -> Div0
- _635 -> Five_Eights
- _641 -> Quiche
- _656 -> Quid
- _736 -> Infec
- _779 -> Technomaniac
- _797 -> Kwz
- _804 -> Psyco
- _872 -> Quod
- _894 -> Katielou
- _908 -> Line
- _928 -> JVW
- _934 -> Vidmess
- _1395 -> Quartz
- _1403 -> F4
- _1491 -> Cascade.1491
- _1689 -> Quiff
- _1987 -> Benito
- _2828 -> Marawi
- _2878 -> Lost
- 2153 -> JMPflag
- 4-days -> Alien.1356
- Akuku.889.Metal_Thunder -> Akuku.889.D
- Alpha -> Arcv.Alpha
- Anarchy -> Grob
- Atomic.166 -> SillyC.166.B
- Atomic.Toxic -> Toxic
- Australian_Parasite: two groups of viruses were removed from the
- family and put in the Middle and APlittle families.
- Austr_Term -> Austerm
- BA -> SillyC.181
- Bad_Brains.* -> Leprosy.Bad_Brains.*
- Black_Monday.Borderline -> Black_Monday.781
- Bombtrack -> Offspring
- BootEXE: Some of the Bootexe variants have been moved into the VVM
- family.
- Brisbane_Mummy -> Incest
- Bug -> Bug-2
- Cacophony.* -> Gippo.Cacophony.*
- Careful -> Shizu
- Cheeba.1_0 -> Cheeba.1683
- Cheeba.1_1 -> Cheeba.1691
- Civil_War.444 -> Trivial.Civil_War
- Coke -> Coker
- Curse_IV -> Curse
- Daemaen -> Talon
- EMF.* -> Screaming_Fist.*
- EVCZ -> EVC
- F1-337 -> F1
- Galeo -> Galeocerdo
- GameF -> Game
- Gusano -> BuenDia
- Ignorant -> Ignorance
- Infector.* -> Khizhnjak.*
- Inoculation -> Mei_Hua
- IVP.Sonic -> IVP.Black_Belt
- IVP.Stress -> IVP.Anxiety
- Jerusalem.5120 -> Jerusalem.Cvex3
- Jerusalem.AntiCad.* -> AntiCad.*
- Jerusalem.Vespa -> Jerusalem.Viajero
- Jerusalem_II -> Quorum
- KeyKap.* -> Hellspawn.*
- La_la -> Oohlala
- Leprosy.Plague -> Leprosy.591
- Luca -> Thule
- Lyceum -> Mirea
- Maaike -> Rauser
- Mag -> Magic
- Manic -> Anston
- March_25th -> Hideous
- Mark_II -> Mark
- MH-757 -> MH
- Mich -> Mickey
- Milano -> Bresci
- Mohova.659 -> Arcv.Ice.659
- Mohova.734 -> Arcv.Ice.734
- MP1024 -> Quiz
- Nice -> Nice_Boy
- Nigh -> Night
- Nipple -> Nip
- Peach -> Keypress.887
- Phantasm -> Phantasmagoria
- Phantom -> Phant
- Phunnie -> Ha_loop
- Prodigy -> Glupak
- PS-MPC.Flex -> IVP.Flex
- Rape.Basilisk -> Rape.1639
- Satanic_Warrior -> SatWar
- School_Suck -> School
- Shoo -> MacGyver
- SI-492 -> SI
- SIC -> RMNS
- Sidewinder -> Kyokushinkai.2048.B
- SMEGdemo -> Trivia
- SNA -> Kid
- SSI -> Wasp
- Sybille -> Sibylle
- Taiwan_Over -> SSH
- Tash -> Tashkent
- Tchantches -> Mine
- Terminator-B -> Terminator_III
- Totoro.* -> Jerusalem.Totoro.*
- Uruk-Hai -> Uruk
- USSR-414 -> Quail
- USSR-707 -> Quark
- V-1391 -> Quatrain
- V2221 -> CCCB
- V-3000 -> Quango
- Vienna.Feliz -> ITV.517
- Vienna.IT.* -> ITV.*
- Yesterday -> Pepper
-