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- │ VIRUS REPORT │
- │ AIDS II Virus │
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- Synonyms: Companion Virus
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- Date of Origin: April, 1990.
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- Place of Origin: The Netherlands?
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- Host Machine: PC compatibles.
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- Host Files: non-resident. Infects COM and EXE files.
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- OnScreen Symptoms: See messages below. Also a melody is played.
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- Increase in Size of Infected Files: 8,064 bytes.
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- Nature of Damage: none.
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- Detected by: on-screen message.
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- Removed by: delete COM files created by the virus. They will bear the
- date and time of infection.
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- This virus does not infect files, but rather creates a 8,064 byte COM
- file of the same name as an existing EXE file. When a user enters the
- first name of the EXE file, the COM file runs, a melody is played, and
- the COM file displays the message: "Your computer is infected with...
- (heart character) Aids Virus II. - Signed WOP & PGT of DutchCrack - ".
- The COM file then "spawns" the EXE file's process -- permits the normal,
- uninfected EXE to run, after which control is returned to the COM file.
- At this time, the melody is played again, and the message displayed is
- "Getting used to me? Next time, use a condom..."
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- The virus is significant in that it "infects" a file without touching
- it at all, and thus escapes detection by CRC examination programs.
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