0004193926@mcimail.com (Ben Zajac) (06/19/91)
Recently, a virus was discovered at Oxford University, Oxford (England) and the City Univerity at London (England). It has been named, "Spanish Telecom," and also, "Telefonica." According to information that I have received from the UK, the virus does not kick in until after the system has been booted up 400 times. The code reportedly contains the following message: "Menos tarifes y mas servivios" Which means: "Lower tariffs, more service" Damage -- When triggered, destroys (overwrites) hard disks. Detection: The virus is in *.COM files and boot sector. Pattern: Header 1 - 881D 8200 83FB 0074 188F 5500 B2; OFFSET 034H Header 2 - 83ED 09BE 2001 03F5 FC86; OFFSET 024H Boot Sector - 8A0E EC00 8E700 0003 F18A 4C02 8A74 03C3;OFFSET 083H I have not personally examined this virus, however the I have no reason to doubt the source. Bernard P. Zajac, Jr. MCI MAIL - 4193926@MCIMAIL.COM