jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright) (12/05/89)
Two papers have been added to the anti-viral archives. solomon.lst List & description of less common viruses msdosvir.a89 Virus catalog, with extensive information 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