[comp.virus] Where did they come from ?

frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (11/22/89)

I am trying to compile a list showing where the various viruses seem
to have originated. Here is what I have got so far, but I am sure the
list contains several errors, and I would be very grateful for any
comments and corrections.

Boot Sector Viruses:

        Alameda                   USA
        Brain                     Pakistan ?
        Den Zuk/Ohio              Venezuela ? Indonesia ?
        Disk Killer               USA ?
        Stoned                    New-Zealand/Australia
        Missouri                  USA ?
        Nichols                   USA ?
        Pentagon                  UK ?
        Ping-Pong                 Italy (Torino ?)
        Typo                      Israel
        Swap                      Israel

Program Viruses

        Aids                      USA
        Agiplan                   W. Germany
        Alabama                   Israel ?
        April 1st                 Israel
        Cascade                   USA ?
        Dark Avenger              ?
        DataCrime                 W. Germany ?  The Netherlands ?
        DataCrime-2               ?
        dBase                     USA
        Do-Nothing                Israel
        405                       UK ?
        Fumble                    USA
        Fu Manchu                 UK ?
        Ghost                     Iceland
        Icelandic/Saratoga        Iceland/USA
        Jerusalem/variants/Sunday Israel/USA
        Lehigh                    USA
        Mix1                      Israel
        Oropax                    W. Germany
        Screen                    USA
        South African             South Africa
        SysLock/Macho/Advent      W. Germany
        Traceback                 ?
        Vacsina                   W. Germany ?
        Vienna/Lisbon             Austria/Portugal
        Yankee                    ?
        Zero Bug                  ?

- -frisk

paul@csnz.co.nz (11/28/89)

In article <0002.8911212031.AA18181@ge.sei.cmu.edu> frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Sk
ulason) writes:
>I am trying to compile a list showing where the various viruses seem
>to have originated. Here is what I have got so far, but I am sure the
>        Stoned                    New-Zealand/Australia

This virus was written two years ago in Wellington, New Zealand.
The author, who has been identified, was a high-school student,
who is now at university.  It seems that another individual
however was responsible for the spreading of the virus.

Geographical Note: New Zealand is *not* part of Australia.

Paul Gillingwater, Computer Sciences of New Zealand Limited
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