[comp.virus] "Common" viruses

padgett%tccslr.dnet@uvs1.orl.mmc.com (Padgett Peterson) (10/20/90)

The following is a list of those viruses considered "common" as of
September 1990 as extracted from Pamela Hoffman's VSUM9010. As may be
seen, the list has now increased to 21 with the Stoned accounting for
most of the sightings (subjective judgement) at present. In each case,
the primary name is given first, followed by other names that the
virus is known as (e.g. Jerusalem - 1813). I am surprised that the
Brain & Ashar still make the "common" list.

I would suggest that newcomers to Virus-L review available literature
on these contageons prior to asking for a "dump" or reporting a "new"
virus.

 4096 aka Century Virus, FroDo, IDF Virus, Stealth Virus, 100 Years Virus
 AirCop
 Ashar aka Shoe_Virus, UIUC Virus
 Brain aka Pakistani, Pakistani Brain
 Cascade aka Fall, Falling Letters, 1701, 1704
 Cascade-B aka Blackjack, 1704-B
 Dark Avenger aka Black Avenger, Eddie, Diana
 Den Zuk aka Search, Venezuelan
 Disk Killer aka Computer Ogre, Disk Ogre, Ogre
 Jerusalem aka PLO, Israeli, Friday 13th, Russian, 1813(COM), 1808(EXE)
 Jerusalem B aka Arab Star, Black Box, Black Window, Hebrew University
 Joshi aka Happy Birthday Joshi, Stealth Virus
 Korea aka LBC Boot
 Microbes
 Murphy aka Murphy-1, V1277, Stealth Virus
 Ohio
 Ping Pong-B aka Bouncing Ball Boot
 Stoned aka Hawaii, Marijuana, New Zealand, San Diego, Smithsonian,
 Stoned II aka Donald Duck
 Sunday
 Yankee Doodle aka TP44VIR, Five O'clock Virus