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- Subject: VIRUS-L Digest V6 #155
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- VIRUS-L Digest Tuesday, 7 Dec 1993 Volume 6 : Issue 155
-
- Today's Topics:
-
- Virus/gun analogy doesn't work
- Re: Article available (General)
- Re: Liabilities
- Re: Freeware distribution of anti-virus software
- Re: Commercial Virus Scanners in the dark??? (PC)
- Another false positive with SCAN (PC)
- Re: Removing the Moctezuma virus (PC)
- Re: Strange Behavoiur of F-PROT, possible boot sector virus? (PC)
- HELP! Filler/Swedish Disaster Attack. (PC)
- Inconsistent virus reporting (PC)
- The _new_ stoned virus (PC)
- False positive : SCAN thought VET infected with Invisible Man (PC) (PC)
- New version of stoned virus & DOS 3.3 (PC)
- Any reviews of InVircible/V-Care ? (PC)
- Re: Monkey is not cute! (PC)
- Re: Re[2]: November 17th virus at Manchester England? (PC)
- Re: McAfee VSHIELD vs Frisk VIRSTOP ??? (PC)
- Re: S-Bug info?? (PC)
- Re: MS-DOS 6.2 is not a virus (it just acts that way) (PC)
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- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 12:20:43 -0500
- From: ksaj@pcscav.com (OS R & D)
- Subject: Virus/gun analogy doesn't work
-
- Most virus writers I have met are fairly cunning people. I think that
- if an argument is to be made to validate the writing of viruses, the
- 'gun' analogy must go. A more 'cunning' argument is needed.
-
- The problem is this: You must have a *license* to sell guns, and you
- must have a *license* to buy guns. Taking that into consideration,
- the argument then becomes:
-
- 'If I was a *certified* gunsalesperson [politically correct, I guess],
- and I *legally* sold a gun to someone who was *legally* entitled to
- use one, and they shot somebody with it, I cannot be charged for their
- wrongdoing.'
-
- This is still true, but, put this into virus terms, and we have a
- problem.
-
- 'If I was a *certified* virus-writer, and I *legally* sold a virus to
- someone who was *legally* ... ' The finish isn't necessary. It is
- painfully obvious that this argument needs revision.
-
- How about if I 'legally installed', ummm, 'legally spread'. This just
- doesnt' work for me.
-
- Please don't flame me for this message, as I am not stating any 'for'
- or 'against' views on virus writing. I am simply stating my opinion
- on a heavily flawed, and overused analogy.
-
- karsten johansson
-
- - ---
- ksaj@pcscav.com (OS R & D)
- PC Scavenger -- Computer Virus Research, Toronto CANADA (416)463-8384
- Free services: send EMAIL to info@pcscav.com or virus.list@pcscav.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 13:41:45 -0500
- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: Article available (General)
-
- Vesselin Bontchev (bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de) writes:
-
- > ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:/pub/virus/texts/revguide.zip
-
- Ooopss! :-( As several people have noticed, it is actually
-
- ftp.informatik.uni-hamburg.de:/pub/virus/texts/viruses/revguide.zip
-
- Sorry for the confusion.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
- - --
- Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226 Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
- < PGP 2.3 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C
- e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de 22527 Hamburg, Germany
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 14:13:50 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: Liabilities
-
- ktark@src4src.linet.org (Karl Tarhk) writes:
-
- >I am a gun manufacturer and inventor. Should I be held liable for the
- >uses and misuses of such weapon, if I am not able to control who gets
- >it and who does not? Absolutely, positively NOT!
-
- Well, that is your opinion - I know a few people that would disagree with you.
- However - this analogy is no good, as the sale and distribution of weapons
- is considered "acceptable" in most "civilized" societies.
-
- Assume instead that you have invented a new type of poiseon, nerve gas or
- a biological virus - something that most people would agree that unauthorized
- persons should not be playing around with or creating..
-
- Then, yes....I would say it was certainly your responsibility to make sure
- it did not fall into the wrong hands, and if it did, then some people would
- certainly like to hold you personally responsible.
-
- >And we all know that there is a few CARO virus collections floating
-
- We do ? Unfortuantely, there is no such thing as a "CARO virus collection".
- There are several different collections in existense - some of which happen
- to be owned by a caro member. If you have any evidence any of those
- collections are "floating around in the wrong places", please prove that - or
- consult a lawyer before you make claims like this again. (This does not mean
- that there have never been "leaks" from the research community to the
- "underground"...but they seem (fortunately) to be a thing of the past).
-
- >You are assuming something that can NOT be proven: Computer viruses
- >are inherently destructive. This is false;
-
- It is ? Please prove it.
-
- By my definition, a computer virus has to modify something in order to spread.
- The modified object may no longer work properly - so even if the virus is
- intended to be harmless, that is unfortunately never the case.
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 14:21:21 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: Freeware distribution of anti-virus software
-
- halew@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (R. Wallace Hale) writes:
-
- >It seems to be working quite well for Frisk et al...
-
- Well....I'm not complaining. $1 per machine (and free for private use)
- may not seem likely to generate much income, but well...there are just so
- many computers out there ... :-)
-
- However - I must admit that when this started I never expected to celebrate
- the registration of the millionth copy :-)
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 11:58:27 -0500
- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Re: Commercial Virus Scanners in the dark??? (PC)
-
- kevin marcus (datadec@ucrengr.ucr.edu) writes:
-
- > >I am using my brains to figure it out. Don't you?
-
- > >Maybe you shouldn't judge something that you don't know. But, of
-
- > Did I miss somethig here?
-
- It seems to me that you did.
-
- > Sometimes you are allowed to use your brain
- > to figure out something, and other times you're not allowed to?
-
- First, I didn't use the word "allow". I just said "maybe". Second,
- using your brain to figure out or imagine something is one thing and
- judging something that you don't know just on the basis of your
- immagination is a completely different thing, especially when it
- concerns technical matters. Third, this discussion has run completely
- out of topic and I propose you to take it to private e-mail.
-
- > If I use my brain here, I would say there is a contradiction.
-
- Try again, having in mind what I wrote above.
-
- > BTW, do you have more than one brain?
-
- No, but my computer has a German keyboard and my typing is horrible.
- :-)
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
- - --
- Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226 Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
- < PGP 2.3 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C
- e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de 22527 Hamburg, Germany
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 12:05:49 -0500
- From: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Vesselin Bontchev)
- Subject: Another false positive with SCAN (PC)
-
- Hello, everybody!
-
- SCAN 9.20 V109, when used with the /A option, reports the program
- MODE.COM from the German version of MS-DOS 3.30 as containing the
- "1008-B Dropper [1008Drop] Virus". This is a false positive; the
- program is not infected.
-
- I am not certain what exactly causes the false positive - the program
- looks pretty normal. You should avoid using the /A option, unless an
- infection is found in "normal" mode.
-
- A copy of the file causing the false positive has been sent to McAfee
- Associates.
-
- Regards,
- Vesselin
- - --
- Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg
- Tel.:+49-40-54715-224, Fax: +49-40-54715-226 Fachbereich Informatik - AGN
- < PGP 2.3 public key available on request. > Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30, rm. 107 C
- e-mail: bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de 22527 Hamburg, Germany
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 21:11:29 +0300
- From: eugene <eugene@kamis.msk.su>
- Subject: Re: Removing the Moctezuma virus (PC)
-
- >> I was trying to get rid of the Moctezuma virus. The virus infected just the
- >> three .exe files on the disk.
-
- > Conclusion: Get AVP 1.07b from our ftp site (beware, it's more than a
- > meg). It will be able to repair the infected files.
-
- Stop! Wait a moment! I found a bug in Moctezuma removing procedure. It
- can cause incorrect restoring CS and SS fields in EXE header in some
- cases. Next update (next week, I hope) will disinfect all curable
- viruses (including polymorphic MtE, TPE, Tremor ....) without errors.
-
- BTW, in some cases Moctezuma encrypts original EXE header fields
- (which are stored in virus body) incorrectly. These files are not
- curable :-(
-
- Regards,
-
- Eugene
- - ---
- - -- Eugene Kaspersky, KAMI Group, Moscow, Russia
- - -- eugene@kamis.msk.su +7 (095)278-9949
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 14:44:00 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: Strange Behavoiur of F-PROT, possible boot sector virus? (PC)
-
- eastwood@unbsj.ca (Eric Eastwood) writes:
-
- >2) 09:30 Have the virus located on one machine in lab and get reports
- > from F-PROT 2.09f saying that is the "TELECOM virus" is in
- > memory. Only if you boot the machine using the hard drive and
- > letting autoexec.bat be run. (loadhigh, mouse, doskey, msav
-
- Please, please keep in mind that MSAV is incompatible with other anti-virus
- programs, in particular F-PROT (which is a bit paranoid about searching
- memory for viruses). MSAV simply leaves a fragment of the virus in memory,
- which F-PROT later finds. This is an old and well-known false alarm.
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 15:37:22 -0500
- From: greve@wharton.upenn.edu
- Subject: HELP! Filler/Swedish Disaster Attack. (PC)
-
- I need some help. Yesterday when I started up my office machine
- VI-SPY detected two viruses FILLER and SWEDISH DISASTER. I checked the
- machine with SCAN109, it told me I had the FILLER virus but didn't say
- anything about SWEDISH DISASTER. Both programs told be to boot with
- a clean disk and rescan. I did this and rescaned but both programs
- failed to detect ANY viruses. When I start the machine from the
- hard disk I get the virus warnings again.
-
- Can anybody tell me anything about these two viruses. I printed out
- the scan109 virus list text file and SWEDISH DISASTER isn't on the list.
- VISPY may call it SWEDISH DISASTER but what does SCAN call it? Why
- aren't these viruses detected when I boot from a clean floppy and
- scan my hard drive. How can I get rid of these viruses. Windows
- no longer runs on my machine and I don't know if it's related to these
- viruses or not. Any help will be appreciated.
-
- Michael Greve
- University of Pa.
- The Wharton School
- greve@wharton.upenn.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 16:20:59 -0500
- From: johnboyd@ocdis01.tinker.af.mil (John Boyd)
- Subject: Inconsistent virus reporting (PC)
-
- I recently purchased some pre-formatted 3.5 diskettes, I believe that they
- were 3M brand, but can't be sure right this second, and I saved a
- spreadsheet file from my home machine to the diskette. When I took the
- diskette to the office the next day, and tried to load the file at
- work, I got a warning from the virus software that the diskette was
- infected with the 'Form virus'. The virus protection software that I use
- at home is F-prot, and I have always used the latest versions direct from
- the net since I found it roughly eighteen months ago. The virus
- protection that we use on the office net is Norton. Why wasn't the virus
- detected on my home machine when I initially saved the file , and is
- this a false alarm from Norton, even tho' it said it 'repaired' the disk
- when I answered yes to the prompt? Anybody have a clue as to what's going
- on? Any assist would be appreciated!!
- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- johnboyd@ocdis01.tinker.af.mil johnboyd@aol.com
- 'There are two things that a grown man should never see; sausage being
- made, and legislation being passed' - Benjamin Franklin
- Disclaimer: My opinion represents only me, and sometimes not even that.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 16:21:07 -0500
- From: Doc Cottle <DOCOTTLE@UKCC.uky.edu>
- Subject: The _new_ stoned virus (PC)
-
- Hello all,
-
- Quick question. Will the newer version of FDISK (the one that includes
- the /MBR option) run under DOS 3.x??
-
- We've gotten hit with the new stoned that can't be cleaned yet and are
- considering that as one of several options to get around the problem.
-
- aTdHvAaNnKcSe
- Doc Cottle
- ps. This is posted for our programmer who is too
- busy to do it herself. (Yep, she's THAT good!)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 17:07:29 -0500
- From: "Roger Riordan" <riordan@tmxmelb.mhs.oz.au>
- Subject: False positive : SCAN thought VET infected with Invisible Man (PC) (PC)
-
- A.APPLEYARD@fs1.mt.umist.ac.uk wrote
-
- > "S.Manifould" <STEVE@fs1.me.umist.ac.uk> wrote to pc-cluster-ops@umist.ac.uk
- > on 22 Nov 93 16:35:52 GMT (Subject: virus hoax), and it was forwarded to me:
- > Everyone, Just a quick note to tell you all about a virus problem I thought
- > I had today (Mon 22 Nov) A student had left me a message that " All the 386
- > and 486's have been infected with the Invisible Man virus [IMF]". He had run
- > the lastest version of McAffee scan (9.19 V108) on the machines and it had
- > reported the infection. However Vet 7.4 did not report any infection. Upon
- > investigation it appears that VET_RES was causing the McAffee scan to report
- > an infection. ie once VET_RES was removed from memory the McAffee scan didnt
- > find anything. Cheers, Steve M.
-
- This false alarm turned out to have been caused by Scan finding
- our procedure to find Invisible Man, despite the fact that the
- only connection between it and the virus was that the same two
- constants appeared in each, in the same order.
-
- We have taken steps to further camouflage this section, and
- this false alarm will no longer occur. A copy of VET 7.52,
- containing this change, was sent to Manchester on Nov 26th.
-
- Cheers!
-
- Roger Riordan Author of the VET Anti-Viral Software.
- riordan.cybec@tmxmelb.mhs.oz.au
-
- CYBEC Pty Ltd. Tel: +613 521 0655
- PO Box 205, Hampton Vic 3188 AUSTRALIA Fax: +613 521 0727
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 19:14:23 -0500
- From: Karen Pulliam <KLPULL00@UKCC.uky.edu>
- Subject: New version of stoned virus & DOS 3.3 (PC)
-
- We have been hit with a new version of stoned (detected with f-prot 2.10).
- Unfortunatedly, f-prot is unable to disinfect it. I tried using DOS 5.0
- fdisk /mbr, but received the expected wrong dos version error (the computer
- is a 286 running DOS 3.3).
-
- Deleting the partitions leaves the virus in the MBR. I used Norton's disk
- editor and entered the generic master boot record as suggested in the User's
- Guide, but the virus still remains.
-
- Do you know how to get this virus out of the MBR?
- Thanks.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 93 22:09:02 -0500
- From: howard@ccu1.auckland.ac.nz (Howard Ross)
- Subject: Any reviews of InVircible/V-Care ? (PC)
-
- We have recently been approached by someone selling InVircible by NetZ
- Computing Ltd. of Israel. I understand that this product was previously
- marketed as V-Care by CSA Interprint of Israel.
-
- I am searching for a reputable review. The Virus Bulletin publication
- from Great Britain hasn't reviewed it and there is only a passing
- reference in an article about the virus/antivirus situation in Israel. I
- can't find any reviews in various ftp archives. I have one review from
- the Capital PC Monitor, the organ of the Capital PC User Group in
- Washington DC USA, but would like something a bit weightier.
-
- InVircible looks very attractive because it employs generic defences
- against viral attack. Because it does not use scanning, it doesn't fall
- into obsolescence. It boasts high speed, easy-of-use, inobtrusiveness,
- and a high rate of restoration/disinfection.
-
- Can the labelling on the package be believed?
-
- - - Howard
-
- - --
- + Howard Ross, +
- + Computer Centre, University of Auckland, +
- + Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand FAX: +64 9 373-7425 +
- + e-mail : H.Ross@auckland.ac.nz Phone : +64 9 373-7999 ext. 5830 +
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 03:21:43 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: Monkey is not cute! (PC)
-
- sullivan@cobra.uni.edu writes:
-
- >Actually, 2.10 (which is now out) does detect and identify this properly now,
- >but Frisk said that VIRSTOP still doesn't intercept correctly. They patched it
- >and e-mailed me a copy of VIRSTOP 2.10a and it works perfectly. Thank you, a
- >million times.
-
- This new version of F-PROT will be made publically available as soon as one
- small problem has been fixed - a false alarm in a program called EMSLOAD.
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 03:28:42 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: Re[2]: November 17th virus at Manchester England? (PC)
-
- cjkuo@symantec.com (Jimmy Kuo) writes:
-
- >The fact that your report indicates the "November 17th" but not quite would
- >lead me to point you in this direction. The 855 strain is the most popular
- >and the repairs for this virus is most likely based on the virus having a
- >length of 855.
-
- Any virus cleaner that does not identify the variants sufficiently is IMHO
- more dangerous than most viruses...
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 03:32:12 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: McAfee VSHIELD vs Frisk VIRSTOP ??? (PC)
-
- mramey@stein2.u.washington.edu (Mike Ramey) writes:
-
- >(Unfortunately that was a year or so ago, and I don't remember the
- >details.) It seemed less thorough. One example: it did not check for a
- >boot-sector-infected diskette in the A: drive on CTL-ALT-DEL reboot.
-
- It now does - not by default, though ... you have to use the /WARM
- command-line switch.
-
- - -frisk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 03:42:36 -0500
- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Subject: Re: S-Bug info?? (PC)
-
- gbock@yorick.umd.edu (Glenn Bock) writes:
-
- > I just spend the past few hours removing a virus that fp-209f
- >called S-Bug (?) as it called it, a particularly ichy com,exe,ovl
- >infecting program virus. I have no information on this virus
- >ans was wondering if anyone has any info on it. I've reptedly
- >tried re-infecting a 'protected' machine 'virstop.exe loaded as
- >a device driver' and found the machine became masively reinfected
-
- As described in the documentation, VIRSTOP will not detect many polymorphic
- viruses at all....I could change it to do so, but that would add nearly 100K
- to the memory requirements, and slow it down considerably.
-
- S-bug is quite polymorphic, so unfortunately VIRSTOP will not be of much help.
- The scanner finds the virus 100% (as far as I know), but disinfection has
- not yet been implemented.
-
- - -frisk
-
- Fridrik Skulason Frisk Software International phone: +354-1-617273
- Author of F-PROT E-mail: frisk@complex.is fax: +354-1-617274
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 04:40:45 -0500
- From: latim912@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu (Jerry E. Latimer)
- Subject: Re: MS-DOS 6.2 is not a virus (it just acts that way) (PC)
-
- A. Padgett Peterson (padgett@tccslr.dnet.mmc.com) wrote:
- : Downloaded the upgrade for MS-DOS 6.2 from the MS bulletin board.
- : Curiously enough the README states that the files are not to be
- : posted on BBSs (right) and installed on my test machine. A few caveats:
-
- : 1) Between the Del_Old_Dos.1 and the STEPUP directory (which must be on C if
- : you use the defaults) and the new files, make sure you have at least
- : 6-7 Mb free before you start. I saw no check for this.
-
- : 2) Machine seemed to hang for a very long time at about the 81% mark
- : (5% note in lower right of screen). At this point the new IO.SYS and
- : MS-DOS.SYS files have been copied but the new COMMAND.COM is not yet
- : present. If you abort here, I suspect the PC will not boot properly.
- : Eventually it does continue but that particular sequence is very slow.
-
- : 3) The installation found *something* wrong with mode.com and memmaker.exe
- : & refused to update them (told the setup to continue anyway & would
- : suggest this - see last two sentances in (2). (Both were originals dated
- : 3-10-93)
-
- : 4) If you have downloaded the "supplemental" files for DOS 6.0, these are not
- : included and will probaby whine "incorrect version". Skilled use of
- : Ben Capstricum's UNP (UNP312.zip) plus DEBUG (look for the string 30 cd 21
- : and change the CMP AX,0006 that follows closely to CMP AX,1406) "fixed"
- : this without using SETVER (no garentees at all 8*). Curiously while most
- : DOS programs use Packed files, CHKDSK used PKLITE. The very annoying
- : disclaimer about using SCANDISK instead can also be removed with DEBUG.
-
- : 5) The NOVELL NETX332.EXE for MS-DOS 6.0 had the same problem - not liking
- : the 6.20 version number. I just do not like SETVER - Note: of the
- : multi-screen default SETVER load, NONE of the entries were what I use.
-
- : 6) HIMEM.SYS now has a lengthy (10+ seconds on 286 with 4 Mb extended) check
- : of extended memory but at least it tells you what it is doing.
-
- : 7) As previously mentioned, no update to MSAV appeared to be performed
- : (files still dated 3-10-93)
-
- : 8) Like on a full instalation, DELOLDOS will remove the "old" DOS directory
- : but does not remove the STEPUP directory - you'll have to do that manually.
-
- : 9) Do not use DBLSPACE on this machine so have not tried as yet. SCANDISK is
- : nice but take a coffee break.
-
- : Warmly,
- : Padgett
- Regarding (9): I have been using MS-DOS 6.0 for several months now.
- Recently, I upgraded to to MS-DOS 6.2 and have found no problems with
- DoubleSpace or anything else (I have also used Dblspace for several
- months.
-
- Forutnately, I have not experience any of the problems stated above or
- any others. (But my fingers are crossed...)
-
- Jerry E. Latimer ( latim912@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu )
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 00:26:16 -0500
- From: Joe Wells <0004886415@mcimail.com>
- Subject: FreqList
-
- ===========================================================================
- Frequency of PC Viruses Confirmed in the Wild
- Based on the December 1, 1993 WildList.
- ===========================================================================
- This list adds currency and frequency factors to the WildList. For the
- currency factor a base date of September 1, 1992 has been chosen. How
- often a virus has been reported (the frequency factor) is indicated by
- a number from 1 to 4 that represents a "feel" for how often each virus
- has been found in the wild. So far 6 of the WildList participants have
- provided their frequency information. Here are the frequency factors:
- ===========================================================================
- 4=Very Frequent. 3=Fairly Frequent. 2=Barely Frequent. 1=Rarely found.
- ===========================================================================
- The 48 viruses listed below have a mean frequency of .5 or above. This
- means each virus has been found by at least three participants if the
- virus is rarely found, by two participants if one has found it on more
- occasions, or by one participant who has found it fairly often. Other
- viruses (50) on the WildList, found less frequently, are here omitted.
- ===========================================================================
- The section below gives the names of participants, along with their
- organization, antivirus product (if any), and geographic location.
-
- Key Participant Organization Product Location
- ===========================================================================
- AS Alan Solomon S&S Int'l Toolkit UK
- DC Dave Chess IBM IBM AntiVirus USA
- FS Fridrik Skulason Frisk Int'l F-Prot Iceland
- JW Joe Wells Symantec NAV USA
- RF Richard Ford Virus Bulletin None UK
- VB Vesselin Bontchev U of Hamburg None Germany
- ===========================================================================
- CARO Name of Virus AS DC FS JW RF VB Aliases
- ===========================================================================
- Form ........................| 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
- Stoned.Standard.B ...........| 4 4 1 3 4 3 | New Zealand, Marijuana
- Stoned.Michelangelo .........| 2 3 4 3 2 3 | March 6
- Kampana.3700:Boot ...........| 2 2 4 3 3 . | Telecom, Drug, Telefonica
- V-Sign ......................| 2 3 3 3 3 . | Cansu,Sigalit
- Tequila .....................| 2 3 2 2 3 1 |
- Yankee Doodle.TP-44.A .......| 2 3 2 1 2 2 | RCE-2885, TP-44, Doodle
- Joshi.A .....................| 2 4 1 2 3 . |
- Jerusalem.1808.Standard .....| 3 4 1 2 1 . | 1808, Israeli, Friday 13
- Stoned.NoINT ................| 1 3 1 3 3 . | Stoned 3, Bloomington
- Cascade.1701.A ..............| 2 3 1 . 3 1 | 1701, Falling Letters
- Flip.2153.A .................| 2 3 2 1 2 . | Omicron
- Green Caterpillar ...........| 2 3 1 2 2 . | Find, 1591, 1575
- Parity_Boot.B ...............| 1 2 . 2 1 4 |
- Stoned.Empire.Monkey ........| . 2 3 3 . 2 |
- Dir-II.A ....................| 1 2 1 1 2 1 | CreepingDeath, FAT
- Vacsina.TP-05 ...............| 2 2 1 1 2 . | RCE-1206, TP-05
- Stoned.Azusa ................| 1 3 3 1 . . | Hong Kong
- Tremor ......................| . . 3 . 1 4 |
- Dark_Avenger.1800.A .........| 2 2 1 1 1 . | Eddie
- Cascade.1704.A ..............| 1 1 4 1 . . | 1704
- Maltese Amoeba ..............| 2 1 1 1 1 . | Irish, Grain of Sand
- Liberty .....................| . 3 1 1 1 . | Mystic, Magic
- November_17th.855.A .........| 2 1 1 2 . . | V855
- EXE_Bug.A ...................| 2 . . 3 1 . | CMOS 1
- Quox ........................| . 2 1 3 . . | DiskInfect, Stealth 2
- Helloween.1376 ..............| 1 . . 2 3 . | 1376
- Ping_Pong.B .................| 2 2 . . 2 . | Italian
- Chinese Fish ................| 1 . 1 3 . . | Fish Boot
- Keypress.1232.A .............| 2 2 . . 1 . | Turku, Twins
- Screaming_Fist.696 ..........| 1 2 . 2 . . | Screamer 2B, 696
- Stoned.16 ...................| 1 3 . 1 . . | Brunswick
- Datalock.920 ................| 1 2 . 1 . . | V920
- Stoned.June_4th .............| 2 . . 1 . 1 | Bloody!, Beijing
- Fichv.2_1 ...................| 1 . 3 . . . | 905
- Vacsina.TP-16 ...............| 2 . 2 . . . | RCE-1339, TP-16
- Yankee Doodle.TP-39 .........| 2 . 2 . . . | RCE-2772, TP-39,Doodle
- Barrotes.A ..................| 1 1 . 1 . . | Barrotos
- Disk_Killer.A ...............| 1 . . 1 1 . | Ogre
- Frodo.Frodo.A ...............| 1 . 1 1 . . | 4k, 4096, 100 Years
- Print_Screen ................| 1 1 . 1 . . | PrnScn
- AntiEXE .....................| . . . 1 . 2 |
- Flip.2343 ...................| 1 . 2 . . . | Omicron
- Jerusalem.Zerotime.Australia | 2 1 . . . . | Slow
- Stardot.789 .................| . 2 . 1 . . | 805
- Stoned.Manitoba .............| . . 1 2 . . | Monitoba
- WXYC ........................| . 1 . 2 . . |
- Swiss_Boot ..................| . . 3 . . . |
- ===========================================================================
- The collation of this material is done by Joe Wells, Virus Specialist at
- Symantec, Peter Norton Group, who is solely responsible for its contents.
- The material presented is implicitly copyrighted under various laws, but
- may be freely quoted or cited. However, its source and cooperative nature
- should be duly referenced. Other antivirus product developers are invited
- to participate. If you wish to do so, please contact me.
- ===========================================================================
- The FreqList by Joe Wells -- jwells@symantec.com -- 70750,3457 -- Vol1.12a
- ===========================================================================
-
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-
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 93 00:19:21 -0500
- From: Joe Wells <0004886415@mcimail.com>
- Subject: WildList 9312
-
- ============================================================================
- PC Viruses in the Wild - December 1, 1993
- ============================================================================
- This is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild
- by 14 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are
- virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified
- by the participant. Rumors and unverified reports have been excluded.
- The list should not be considered a list of "currently common" viruses
- however. No provision is made for currency or commonness. Therefore it
- should be viewed only as a report of viruses verified as in-the-wild.
- ============================================================================
- This list adds information provided from EliaShim and Virus Bulletin.
- A companion list includes frequency information from some participants.
- ============================================================================
- The section below gives the names of participants, along with their
- organization, antivirus product (if any), and geographic location.
-
- Key Participant Organization Product Location
- ============================================================================
- As Alan Solomon S&S Int'l Toolkit UK
- Dc Dave Chess IBM IBM AntiVirus USA
- Ek Eugene Kaspersky KAMI AVP Russia
- Fs Fridrik Skulason Frisk Int'l F-Prot Iceland
- Gj Glenn Jordan Datawatch VirexPC USA
- Jw Joe Wells Symantec NAV USA
- Pd Paul Ducklin CSIR Virus Lab None So Africa
- Pp Padgett Peterson Hobbyist DiskSecure USA
- Rf Richard Ford Virus Bulletin None UK
- Rr Roger Riordan CYBEC VET Australia
- Sg Shimon Gruper EliaShim ViruSafe Israel
- Vb Vesselin Bontchev U of Hamburg None Germany
- Ws Wolfgang Stiller Stiller Research Integ Master USA
- Yr Yuval Rakavi BRM Untouchable Israel
- ============================================================================
- The first chart is based on two or more participants reporting a virus.
- Therefore, these viruses are probably more geographically scattered.
-
- CARO Name of Virus AsDcEkFsGjJwPdPpRfRrSgVbWsYr Alias(s)
- ============================================================================
- AntiEXE .....................| . . . . . x . . . . . x . . |
- Barrotes.A ..................| x . . . . x x . . . . . . . | Barrotos
- Brasil ......................| . . . . . x . x . . . . . . |
- Butterfly ...................| . . . . . x . . . . . x . . |
- Cascade.1701.A ..............| x x . x . . . . x . x x . . | 1701
- Cascade.1704.A ..............| x x x x . x . . . . x . . x | 1704
- Changsha ....................| . . . . . x . . . x . . . . | Centry
- Chinese Fish ................| x x . x x x x . . x . . . x | Fish Boot
- Dark_Avenger.1800.A .........| x x . x x x . . x x . . x . | Eddie
- Dark_Avenger.2100.SI.A ......| x . . . . x . . . . . . . . | V2100
- Datalock.920 ................| x x . . . x . . . . x . . x | V920
- Dir-II.A ....................| x x x x . x x . x x x x x . | CreepingDeath
- Disk_Killer.A ...............| x . x . . x . x x . x . . . | Ogre
- Even_Beeper .................| x x . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- EXE_Bug.A ...................| x . . . . x x . x . x . x . | CMOS 1
- EXE_Bug.C ...................| . . . . . . x . . . x . x . |
- Fichv.2_1 ...................| x . . x . . . . . . x . . x | 905
- Filler ......................| . . . . x x . . . . . . . . |
- Flip.2153.A .................| x x . x . x . . x . x . . . | Omicron
- Flip.2343 ...................| x . . x . . . . . . . . . . | Omicron
- Form ........................| x x . x x x . x x . x x x x |
- Frodo.Frodo.A ...............| x x . x . x . . . x x . . . | 4096,100 Year
- Green Caterpillar ...........| x x . x x x . . x x x . x x | Find,1591,1575
- Helloween.1376 ..............| x . . . . x . . x x . . x x | 1376
- Jerusalem.1244 ..............| x x . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1244
- Jerusalem.1808.Standard......| x x . x x x x x x . x . x . | 1808,Israeli
- Jerusalem.Anticad.4096 ......| x . . x . . . . . . x . . . | Invader
- Jerusalem.Fu_Manchu .........| x . . . . x . . . . x . . . |
- Jerusalem.Mummy.2_1 .........| x . . x . . x . . . x . . . |
- Jerusalem.Zerotime.Australia.| x x . . . . . . . x x . x . | Slow
- Joshi.A .....................| x x . x x x . x x x x . x . |
- Kampana.3700:Boot ...........| x x . x x x . . x . . . x . | Telecom,Drug
- Keypress.1232.A .............| x x . . . . x . x x x . x x | Turku,Twins
- Liberty .....................| . x . x . x . . x . . . x x | Mystic,Magic
- Maltese Amoeba ..............| x x . x . x . x x . x . x x | Irish
- Music_Bug ...................| . . . x x . . x . . . . x . |
- Necros ......................| x . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Gnose,Irish3
- No_Frills.Dudley ............| x . . . . . . . . x . . . . | Oi Dudley
- No_Frills.No_Frills .........| . . . . . x . . . x . . . . |
- Nomenklatura ................| x x . . . . . . . . . . . . | Nomen
- November_17th.855.A .........| x x . x . x . . . . . . . . | V855
- NPox.963.A ..................| . . . x . x . . . . . . . x | Evil Genius
- Ontario.1024 ................| . x . . . . . . . x x . . . | SBC,1024
- Parity_Boot.B ...............| x . . . . x x . x . . x . . |
- Ping_Pong.B .................| x x . . . . . . x . x . x . | Italian
- Print_Screen ................| x x . . . x . . . . . . . x | PrnScn
- Quit.A ......................| x x . . . . . . . . . . . . | 555,Dutch
- Quox ........................| . x . x . x . . . . . . . . | Stealth 2
- Screaming_Fist.696 ..........| x x . . x x . . . . . . x . | 696
- Stealth.B ...................| . x . . . x . x . . . . . . | STB
- Stoned.16 ...................| x x . . . x . . . . . . . x | Brunswick
- Stoned.Azusa ................| x x . x . x x x . x x . x . | Hong Kong
- Stoned.Empire.Monkey ........| . . . x x x . x . x . x x . |
- Stoned.Flame ................| . . . . . x . . . x . x . . | Stoned(3C)
- Stoned.June_4th .............| x . . . x x . . . x . x x . | Bloody!
- Stoned.Manitoba .............| . . . x . x . . . . . . . . | Monitoba
- Stoned.Michelangelo .........| x x x x x x x x x x x x x . | March 6
- Stoned.NoINT ................| x x . x x x x . x x . . x . | Stoned 3
- Stoned.NOP ..................| . . . . . x . . . . . . x . |
- Stoned.Standard.B ...........| x . x x x x x x x x x x x . | New Zealand
- Stoned.Swedish_Disaster......| x . . . x . . . . . . . . . |
- Stoned.W-Boot ...............| . . . . . x . . . x . . . . | W-Boot
- Stardot.789 .................| . x . . . x . . . . . . . . | 805
- SVC.3103 ....................| x . x . . x . . . . x . . . | SVC 5.0
- Swiss_Phoenix ...............| . . . . . x . . . . . . . x |
- Tequila .....................| x x . x . x x . x . x x x x |
- Tremor ......................| . . . x . . . . x . . x x . |
- V-Sign ......................| x x . x x x . . x x x . x . | Cansu,Sigalit
- Vacsina.TP-05 ...............| x x . x x x . . x . . . x . | RCE-1206
- Vacsina.TP-16 ...............| x x . x . . . . . . . . . . | RCE-1339
- Vienna.648.Reboot ...........| x x x . . . . . . . . . . . | DOS-62
- WXYC ........................| . x . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- Yankee Doodle.TP-39 .........| x . . x . . . . . . . . . . | RCE-2772
- Yankee Doodle.TP-44.A .......| x . x x . x . . x . . x . x | RCE-2885
- Yankee Doodle.XPEH.4928......| . . . x . . . . . . . . . x | Micropox
- Yeke.1076 ...................| . x . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- ============================================================================
- The second chart is based on a single participant noting more than one
- infection site and may signify limited regional virus outbreaks.
-
- CARO Name of Virus AsDcEkFsGjJwPdPpRfRrSgVbWsYr Aliases
- ============================================================================
- Athens ......................| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- 10_Past_3.748 ...............| . . . . . . x . . . . . . . |
- BootEXE .....................| . . . . . . . . x . . . . . | BFD-451
- Brain .......................| . . . . . . . x . . . . . . |
- Cascade.1701.G ..............| . . . . . . . . . . . x . . | 1701
- Chile .......................| . . . . . x . x . . . . . . | VIVA,Meirda
- Coffeeshop:MtE_090 ..........| . . . . . . x . . . . . . . |
- Darth_Vader.3.A .............| . . . . . . . . . . . . x . |
- Datalock.828 ................| . . . . . . . . . . . . . x |
- Den_Zuko.A ..................| x . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Den Zuk
- DosHunter ...................| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Emmie.3097 ..................| . . . . . . . . . . . . . x |
- EXE_Engine ..................| . . . . . . . . . . . x . . |
- Freddy ......................| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- Ginger ......................| . . . . . . . . . x . . . . | Gingerbread
- Grower ......................| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | V270x,268+
- Hafenstrasse ................| . . . . . . . . . . . x . . | Hafen
- Involuntary.A ...............| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Invol
- Jerusalem.1808.CT ...........| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . | Capt Trips
- Jerusalem.1808.Null .... ....| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Jerusalem.Carfield ..........| x . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Jerusalem.Moctezuma .... ....| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Jerusalem.Mummy.1_2 .... ....| . . . . . . x . . . . . . . |
- Jerusalem.Sunday.A ..........| . . . . . . x . . . . . . . | Sunday
- Jerusalem.Sunday.II .... ....| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . | Sunday 2
- Joshi.B .....................| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Kampana.Galicia:Boot ........| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Telecom,Drug
- Little Brother.307 ..........| . . . x . . . . . . . . . . |
- Lyceum.1788 .................| . . x . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Murphy.Smack.1841 ...........| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Smack
- NJH-LBC .....................| x . . . . . . . . . . . . . | Korea Boot
- Parity_Boot.A ...............| . . . . . . . . . . . . x . |
- Sat_Bug .....................| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Satan Bug
- Screaming_Fist.NuWay ........| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . | Sticky
- Sleepwalker .................| . . . . . . . . . x . . . . |
- Stinkfoot ...................| . . . . . . x . . . . . . . |
- Stoned.Bunny.A ..............| . . . . . . x . . . . . x . |
- Stoned.Empire.In_Love .......| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- SVC.2936 ....................| . . . . . x . . . . . . . . |
- Stoned.Empire.Int_10.........| . . . . . . . x . . . . . . |
- Swiss_Boot ..................| . . . x . . . . . . . . . . |
- Syslock.Syslock.A ...........| x . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
- Voronezh.1600 ...............| . . x . . . . . . . . . . . | RCE-1600
- Yale ........................| . x . . . . . . . . . . . . | Alameda
- ============================================================================
- The collation of this material is done by Joe Wells, Virus Specialist at
- Symantec, Peter Norton Group, who is solely responsible for its contents.
- The material presented is implicitly copyrighted under various laws, but
- may be freely quoted or cited. However, its source and cooperative nature
- should be duly referenced. Other antivirus product developers are invited
- to participate. If you wish to do so, please contact me.
- ============================================================================
- The WILDList by Joe Wells -- jwells@symantec.com -- 70750,3457 -- Vol1.12a
- ============================================================================
-
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