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- From: eldar@lomi.spb.su (Eldar A. Musaev)
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 91 13:47:13 +0300 (MSK)
- Subject: Viruses in the USSR
-
- This is my paper on the situation with viruses in the USSR.
- It was written in october-november of 1990, so there are
- some notes to it:
- 1)It does not names all viruses in the SU, but this number
- is NOT too high. Maybe there are a couple of dozens, not more.
- If you'd got an information about hundred and more viruses
- in the USSR, don't beleive it !
- 2)Vienna (648) virus is dated by 1987 there. I don't know how
- it could be and where is a bug but three my friends independently
- points out to 1987 as a first time of our problems with
- this virus. This is the reason why I've left out this date
- in the paper, though ALL other sourcers points out to the 1988.
-
- I try to make who-is-who in our field so I am interested in
- names, adresses, fields of interests of antiviral researchers
- all over the world. Another (and ORIGINAL) reason for this
- interest is that I am writing (and modifing) the book devoted
- to the problems connected with the different badware. I don't
- want to make a catalog, but a textbook for students and future
- antiviral researchers. It is going concurrently with a research
- work, so I'm interested to discuss different ideas as wide as
- possible.
-
- Eldar A. Musaev
- Ph.D., Researcher
- Leningrad Division of the Mathematical Institute
- Academy of Sciences of the USSR email: eldar@lomi.spb.su
- USSR 191 011 Leningrad (maybe through fuug.fi, or
- Fontanka 27 demos!lomi.spb.su!eldar@fuug.fi)
- ****************************************************************
- Eldar A.Musaev
- COMPUTER VIRUSES IN THE USSR
-
- First time I had met a virus in my computer was the end
- of 1986 - first months of 1987. It was well known Vienna
- virus (648, COM-files). Since that time I am closely
- connected with this problem and observe the situation in the
- USSR.
- Due to some reasons it is hard nowadays to organize
- antiviral community in the USSR and get full information.
- Despite that I've could keep together sufficient volume of
- information on this problem.
- What viruses circulated in the USSR this time ?
- 1.648, COM, Vienna - As I have already said I've got it at
- the beginning of 1987 from Mathematical Institute in Moscow.
- They got it at the end of 1986 from one of the U.S.
- universities with the game. It is strange but all sources
- reffers to the 1988, so this incident seems to be one of the
- first ones.
- 2.Dropper, 1701, Falling Letters - I've met it first at the
- computer in my institute (Mathematical Institute of Academy
- of Sciences, Leningrad). The supposed source is the Palace
- of Pioneers and Schoolboys in Leningrad. They could got it
- from game. Most of all, this game was brought from the West
- by one of the parents. This virus appeared in the USSR
- approximately in the middle of 1987(88?)
- 3.TPxx-family, Yankee Doodle - oI've never met them in a
- wild state. I've got an exemplar of this virus from friend,
- who had isolate it during recreational work under the
- computer in one of the Leningrad institutes. Some other
- version I've got from S.Abramov (antiviral researcher in
- Pereslavl-Zalessky) and friends in Leningrad. Possible
- sources - big parties of bulgarian computers, games.
- 4.Dark Avenger, Sofia, Eddie - First time I've met and
- isolated this virus was an autumn(?) of 1989 at the computer
- bought in West Berlin. It was on the disk with legal
- exemplar of a Disk Manager. It seems to be so that this disk
- was infected during the use at the infected computer in West
- Berlin. First information about this virus in the USSR
- referred to the summer of the 1989.
- 5.Black Friday, Jerusalem(?), Black Hole - First information
- I've heard about this virus referred to the summer
- 1988(???). Possible sources - West Berlin, South-Eastern
- Asia.
- 6.Italy Ball - I've got it from friends in Leningrad
- Institute of Informatic and Automatization of Academy of
- Sciences in the autumn 1988. First information referred to
- the summer-spring 1988.
- 7.532, COM - safe variant of the 648-virus. There is
- suggestion that it was made from 648-virus in the Soviet
- Union. I amn't quite sure that it is so. In particular
- american sources are familiar with this virus but the stream
- of programs from SU to US seems to be very pure to provide
- explosion of any soviet vires, if present at all, to the
- U.S. First information on this virus is dated by 1988
-
- BOOKS
-
- At the autumn of 1990 there was not printed books on
- this topic. Nearest time "Computer virusology" of
- N.N.Bezrukov is supposed to be published. There are some
- computer prepared manuscripts (all one are in Russian).
- 1.PC Shield Demo&Tutorial Disk / Sergey Abramov &oth. -
- Pereslavl-Zalessky: Institute of the Program Systems, 1988 -
- contains approx. 170 Kb data base in Norton Guides format.
- For users.
- 2.Computer Virusology / N.N.Bezrukov - Kiev: KIIGA, 1988-90
- Depending on the version from 120 to 700 Kb manuscript. For
- system programmers, users.
- 3.Computer viruses and antiviruses / Anatoly Sedoi -
- Leningrad: Novintex, 1990
- About 1.2 Mb of manuscript. For system programmers and
- user's.
- 4.Trojanology / Eldar Musaev - Leningrad: LOMI, 1990
- About 150 Kb of manuscript. For students&developers of
- antiviral software
-
- PAPERS
- There are some papers in new computer journals. Most of
- them are not very professional, but useful as a popular
- introduction in the problem. The paper of Bezrukov ([9]) is
- the only paper which is not only a popular paper and
- contains some attempts of really systemathic approach.
- Standard structure of other papers is:
- - an introduction to history and some funnystories on
- the topic;
- - recommenations to avoid any infected software, some
- words for a legal way to obtain programs;
- - list of some viruses with several technical notes
- (such as a length, standard victims etc.)
- - some words about western antiviral programs, maybe,
- about a couple of soviet ones;
- - and advertisment of the author's antiviral product.
- Here is a list of these papers. All ones are in
- Rusian.
- 1.Some considerations on the computer viruses / A.Chijov
- (F&Xb;jd) - In the world of PC (D vbht GR) - Moscow: IDG
- Communication, Radio&communication, 1988 - N 1 - p.121-124
- The basis information, some rude words about illegal
- software.
- 2.Osipenko A.S. Computer viruses (Jcbgtyrj F&C& Rjvgm.nthyst
- dbhecs) / World of PC (Vbh GR) - Moscow: ICE, 1990 - N3 -
- p.23-30
- The basis information, description of some viruses,
- some recommendations to avoid viruses.
- 3.Nikolaev A. Attention - virus ! (Ybrjkftd F& Jcnjhj;yj -
- dbhec !)/ Computer Press - Moscow: Sovaminko, 1990 - N6 -
- p.3-16
- A review and a summary of the west publications.
- 4.Lozinski D. One of the soviet antiviral programs: AIDSTEST
- (Kjpbycrbq L& Jlyf bp cjdtncrb[ fynbdbhecys[ ghjuhfvv:
- AIDSTEST)/ Computer Press - Moscow: Sovaminko, 1990 - N6 -
- p.17-20
- An advertyisment of the author's antiviral program.
- 5.Cadloff Andjey Viruses (Fyl;tq Rflkja Dbhecs)/ Computer -
- Moscow: Finances&Statistiks, Komputer, 1990 - N1 - p.44-47
- The history and some recommendations.
- 6.Agasandyan G. Don't harm your fellow creature (U&Fufcfylzy
- Yt dhtlb ,kb;ytve cdjtve) / Computer - Moscow: Finances&
- Statistiks, Komputer, 1990 - N1 - p.47-49
- Description of 5 viruses
- 7.Psemyslav Vnuk 10 Antiviral commandments (Gitvsckfd Dyer
- 10 Fynbdbhecys[ pfgjdtltq) / The same - p.49
- Antiviral recommendations
- 8.Ageev C. Wonders in our "zoo" (Futtd R& Xeltcf d yfitv
- pjjgfhrt) / File (Afqk) - Moscow: Mir, 1990 - May - p.61-65
- Descriptions of some viruses and a few words on the
- history and antiviral protection.
- 9.Bezrukov N.N. Classification of viruses / Intercomputer -
- Moscow: Interunity, 1990 - N3 - p.38-47
-
- RESEARCHERS
- There are many separate researchers and little groups
- in this field, but as a main activity it is used only in
- some join ventures and little commercial firms. The only
- centre where scientific approach could be recognized is
- Kiev. The main groups are:
- Leader Sity Comments
- N.N.Bezrukov Kiev Computer virusology, analysis,
- computer bulletin
- S.Abramov Pereslavl- Antiviral software
- Zalesski
- C.Ageev Leningrad Antiviral software
- A.Chizhov Moscow Antiviral software
- That is only most evident groups, not separate user.
- Really complete list you can read in appendix.
- The main problem of antiviral researches in SU is the
- absense of financial support, so most of work concerns the
- development of antiviral software with well known ideas -
- active monitors, detectors, control sums checkers.
- Fundamental research in this field nowadays is practically
- impossible.
- VIRUSOLOGY MEETINGS
- For a long time the only place for soviet virusologists
- to meet (excluding occasional personal contacts) was the
- seminar of system programming in Kiev, organized by
- N.Bezrukov. This autumn the "VIRUS-90" conference was held
- in Kiev and that was the first conference of this kind. The
- only problem with this conference was a high registration
- fee (about 100 rubles, that is near to the 30-50% of a month
- salary of Ph.D. mathematician in research institute), so
- many researchers from non-commercial organizations had no
- possibility to participate this conference. The main topic
- at conference (at least by the time) was description of new
- antiviral software.
-
- For additional information see appendix (written by
- A.Sedoi, translated in short by me).
-
-
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-
-
- Appendix
- (C) Anatoly Sedoy, NovInTex, InfoPro, Leningrad, 1990
- (C) Translation in short in English Eldar A.Musaev,
- Mathem.Institute of Acad.of Sci., Leningrad, 1990
-
- You may copy, distribute and make any use of this text free
-
-
- Anatoliy Sedoy
-
- Antiviral workers and groups in the USSR
- (The essence of the catalog of viruses and antiviral software
- InfoPro - Leningrad dep. of NovInTex, 1990)
-
-
- O R G A N I Z A T I O N S
-
- Sci.research centre of 103104, Moscow, Tverskoy b. 7/2
- computer security Director: Alexander S. Ageev
- (095) 203-99-85
- (095) 202-81-16
- Antiviral software
-
- Kiev's institute of the 252058 Kiev-58, pr.kosm.Komarova 1
- Civil Aviation Engeneers k.3 aud.103 Nikolay N. Bezrukov
- Dep.of automatization (044) 268-10-26
- from 10.00 to 11.00 (044) 484-94-63
- Computer bulletin, researches,
- antiviral software
-
- InfoPro - Leningrad 191025 Leningrad, Nevskiy pr. 104
- dep. of NovInTex 191025 Leningrad box 140
- (812)2726054 Anatoliy I.Sedoy
- Catalog of viruses and antiviral software
-
-
- Bulletin "InterComputer" 121069 Moscow, ul.Chaikovskogo 20a
- joint venture "Interunity" (095) 202-92-80 Carasic I.Sh.
- Telex: 413932 NIDEL SU
- Fax : (095) 230-20-35
-
-
- A N T I V I R A L S O F T W A R E
-
- a - driver;
- b - resident;
- c - batch program;
- d - active monitor;
- e - detector: boot, system, RAM;
- f - detector: control while loading program;
- g - detector: files on disks;
- h - doctor: boot, system. RAM;
- i - doctor: cure while loading program;
- j - doctor: cure files on disks;
- k - commercial product.
- (Russian alphabetical order, +/- - yes/no, o/. - no information)
-
- Organization or name Address a b c d e f g h i j k
- --------------------------- ---------------- -----------------------
- "Ampersand", Sci.-Tech. 123060, Moscow Antiviral package "Revisor"
- cooperative box 439, NTK
- "Ampersand"
- (095) 492-21-54 o o o o o o o o o o +
-
- "BIS" 340055, Donetsk, Antiviral IMMUNER
- Sci.-Ind.Coop.Firm Universitetskaya o o o o o o o o o o +
- ul. 25
- (062-2) 93-10-21 DISINFECTOR
- (0562) 24-88-81 o o o o o o o o o o +
-
- Bulletin "Intercomputer" 121069 Moscow, Autorisation access
- joint venture Interunity ul.Chaikovskogo, package "Watchdog"
- Carasik I.Sh. 20a
- (095) 202-92-80 . . . . . . . . . . +
- Fax: (095) 230-20-35
-
- Header Comp.Centre 1....., Moscow AIDSTEST.exe
- of GosPlan USSR (095) 292-40-76 - - + - + - + + - + +
- Lozinskiy D.N.
-
- Header comp.centre of 1....., Moscow ANTI-KOT.exe
- MinChim USSR (095) 227-00-04 - - + - + - + + - + +
- Oleg A. Cotic add. 25-20
-
- "Data service", Estonia, 203600, ANTI3008.exe
- Small enterprize Pyarnu, ul.Ruitli- - + - - - + - - + o
- Bazhenov J.E. 21/23
- (01444) 41-703
-
- "Omega-IIT", 198052,Leningrad Cassandra - AV system
- Eldar A. Musaev 5-aya Krasnoar- - + + + + + + + + + +
- meiskaya 12/15
- (812)2926470
- Internet: eldar@lomi.spb.su
-
- "Dialog", soviet-american 19....,Leningrad Antiviral package
- joint venture, Leningrad Fontanka 46 CERBER
- department (812) 311-04-52, - + + + + + + + - + +
- Cyrill Yu. Ageev (812) 311-08-93
- Tsal I. Michael (812) 560-01-73
- Fax: (812) 315-15-66
-
- Institute of Applied 125047, Moscow VIRUS_D1.exe
- Mathematics AS USSR Miusskaya pl. 4 - - + - + - + + - + o
- Vitaly S. Ladygin (095) 333-65-12
-
- "InterQuadro", joint 125130, Moscow Antiviral tools in
- soviet-french-italy 2-Novopodmoskov- educational package
- venture ny per. 4 o o o o o o o o o o +
- Victor E. Figurnov Dep.of mathemat.
- development
- (095) 150-92-01,
- (095) 259-92-04
- Telex : (871) 413560
- KVINT SU
- Fax : (095) 943-00-59
-
- "Kris", sci.-ind.coop. 194021,Leningrad VCHECK.sys
- Korolyev S.A., ul.Chlopina 11 + - - + + + - + + - +
- Marshak Yu.L., (812) 534-49-07,
- Savchenko S.P. (812) 534-10-86
-
- "Magistr", software 1....., Moscow PROTEK - hard disk
- centre (095) 464-81-72, protection
- (095) 464-80-90 o o o o o o o o o o +
-
- "Mobile Virusology Labor." 25...., Kiev ADOCTOR.com, MVL.com
- ShaLeem Ltd. Corp. (044) 417-53-00, - - + - - - + - - + -
- SHApovalenko Sergei, (044) 417-61-76
- Wl.von LEEMan
- (Name maybe a joke, phones are correct)
-
- "New Informational Tech- 119517 Moscow, VR.exe
- nologies - NovInTex" ul.Nezhinskaya - - + - + - + + - + +
- joint venture "Sip" 13
- Osipenko A. (095) 442-57-92
- Fax: (095) 943-00-72
-
- "NovInTex" Leningrad 191025,Leningrad VACcine V - AV system
- dep. "InfoPro" Nevsky 104 - + + + + + + + - + +
- group "SoftUnion" (812) 272-60-54
- Kireenko I.
-
- The same The same ANTI2888.exe - TP viruses
- Pavel V. Semyanov - - + - + - + + - + -
-
- "NovInTex" Tver departm. 1700021, Tver, DOG - AV package
- "Tver" (08222) 9-66-69 - + + o + o + + o + +
-
- "OFIS", NPG 1......, Moscow DIAGAIDS.exe,
- Agasandyan George (095) 129-17-44 DIAG-LOT.exe
- (095) 129-39-11 DIAGLOT.exe
- - - + - + - + + - + +
-
- "ParaGraf" soviet-american 103051, Moscow DOCTOR.exe
- joint venture Petrovsky bulv. (Chi-Doctor,1.14/10/06)
- Chizhov Anton 23 - - + - + - + + - + +
- (095) 200-25-66,
- (095) 924-17-81
- (095) 928-36-88
- Fax : (095) 931-06-01
-
- PCB MPS (project-constr. 1....., Moscow CLISTIR.exe
- bureau of Railways (095) 262-99-07 - - + - + - + + - + o
- Ministry )
- Igor L. Rass
-
- "SAPPHIR" MicrpComp.Group 34...., Donetsk FASTANTI.exe
- of VCETr Donetsk raylways (062-2) 91-55-65 - - + - + - + + - + +
- Nikulenko D.E.
- Serbinenko A.V.
-
- "Terminal", sci.-tech. 103045, Moscow "SHPRITS" tool to work
- coop. box 48, with anitviral(?)programs
- (095) 148-02-14 o o o o o o o o o o +
-
- "ELIAS", coop. & 127276, Moscow "Ynjector Panzer"
- "Alex Software", Kargopolskaya 17 o o o o o o o o o o +
- research group (095) 903-04-57
-
- Caspersly E. 1......, Moscow "Doctor Caspersky"
- B.Akademichaskaya- + + + + + + + . + o
- 73 k.3 kv.11
- (095) 482-60-05
- from 21.30 to 23.00
-
-
-
- O T H E R A V S O F T W A R E
- ( pure information )
-
- DISINFCT 191180 Leningrad Fontanka 76 CNTTM "Synthes"
- Deineka Alexander M.
- (812) 112-44-12, (812) 315-18-22,
- (812) 315-34-00
- Designer - Tallinn polytechnical Inst.
- Price: 98.00 rubl.
- Form: A 5.25" copy-protected diskette
-
- 100108 Tallinn, Echitayte tee 5 EKTA Soft '89
- Ehatamm M.
- (0142) 53-73-21
-
- LFD.com Leningrad Bolshoi pr. P.S. 59
- "Forth-info"
- Larionov D.V.
- (812) 233-34-10, (812) 248-16-61
-
- NO.exe Igor N. Postnikov
- CHECKV.exe Alexey A. Tereshin
- (812) 296-95-94
- (812) 271-25-18
-
- AIDSITAL.exe "MicroCom", Michael S. Rezhepp
- (812) 277-93-94
-
- CHKVIR.exe Leningrad Bolshoi pr. P.S. 59
- "Forth-info"
- Schachmanski I., Azbel
- (812) 233-34-10, (812) 248-16-61
-
- CONVIR.exe Institute of Applied Mathematics AS USSR
- Andreev S.V., Chodulev A.B.
- (095) 333-71-89
-
- ANTIC.exe Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
- ANTIE.exe Belousov V., Semenov A.
- FFIND.com (095) 135-62-98
- HEAD.exe
- DOCTOR.exe AcademySoft, Gerasimov V.V.
-
- CMVR.exe Economic & Statistic Institute,
- Scientific Problem Laboratory
- 119517 Moscow, Nezhinskaya 7
- Gusev Alex (095) 442-77-55
-
- AV.com Academy Soft, Strakhov A.
-
- KILLER.com Zaparovanny Alexey, Himchenko Serge
- Komsomolsky pr. 48/22 kv.39
- InterRus. SBH SoftWare
-
- AntiMol State Comp.Centre Ministry of See Fleet USSR
- (package) Department V-3 (B-3) teleprocessing and
- development
-
- MGCI.exe GKWTI & MGCI (095) 246-19-23
-
- ANTMUSIC.exe "Slavich"
- 152140 Yaroslavskaya obl. Pereslavl-Zalessky
-
- PCShield coop. "Term"
- 152140 Yaroslavskaya obl., Pereslavl-Zalessky,
- box.16
- Abakumov A.A., Abramov S.M., Pimenov S.P.
- Chatkevich M.I.
- (095) 359-37-80
-
- DET2890.exe 252056 Kiev pr.Pobedy 37 Kiev polytechnical
- inst., dep. of appl. mathem., "Data Traveller"
- Tkachenko V.O.
- (044) 514-26-88
-
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