w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (12/05/89)
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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Two papers have been added to the SIMTEL20 anti-viral archives.
<msdos.trojan-pro>
SOLOMON.LST List & description of less common viruses
MSDOSVIR.A89 Virus catalog, with extensive information
Detailed descriptions:
SOLOMON.LST
A description of some of the more recent and obscure viruses
by Dr. Alan Solomon. The viruses described include:
Ogre
Typo
Dark Avenger
Vacsina
Mix1
Fumble
Dbase
For each virus covered, the following topics are discussed.
Recognition and detection
How the virus copies itself
What the virus does
How to get rid of it
Other information
Technical details
This information is extracted from the documentation for
an anti-viral package, and was sent by the author.
MSDOSVIR.A89
The autumn '89 issue of Dr. Klaus Brunnstein's virus catalog
for MSDOS computers. Viruses covered in this are:
Autumn Leaves = Herbst = "1704" = Cascade A Virus
"1701" = Cascade B Virus
Bouncing Ball = Italian = Ping Pong = Turin Virus
"Friday 13th" = South African Virus
GhostBalls Virus
Icelandic#1 = Disk Crunching = One-in-Ten Virus
Icelandic#2 Virus
Israeli = Jerusalem A Virus
MachoSoft Virus
Merritt = Alameda A = Yale Virus
Oropax = Music Virus
Saratoga Virus
SHOE-B v9.0 Virus
VACSINA Virus
Vienna = Austrian = "648" Virus
A typical entry would have the following sections and
subsections:
==== Computer Virus Catalog 1.2: ====
Entry, Alias(es), Virus Strain, Virus detected when,
where, Classification, Length of Virus
---- Preconditions ----
Operating System(s), Version/Release, Computer model(s)
---- Attributes ----
Easy Identification, Type of infection, Infection Trigger,
Interrupts hooked, Damage, Damage Trigger, Particularities,
Countermeasures, Countermeasures successful, Standard means
---- Acknowledgement ----
Location, Classification by, Documentation by, Date
==== End of Virus ====
An update scheduled for the beginning of the year should
almost double the number of viruses cataloged.
Jim
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Thanks, Jim!
Keith Petersen
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