VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS LIST V64 Copyright 1989, McAfee Associates 408 988 3832 The following list outlines the critical characteristics of the known IBM PC and compatible virus strains identified by SCAN. Beginning with version 63 of the list, we are including the number of known varieties of each strain. This number is listed in parenthesis beside the name of the strain. The total number of known viruses are summed at the end of the list. ========================================================================== Infects Fixed Disk Partition Table-------------------+ Infects Fixed Disk Boot Sector---------------------+ | Infects Floppy Diskette Boot --------------------+ | | Infects Overlay Files--------------------------+ | | | Infects EXE Files----------------------------+ | | | | Infects COM files--------------------------+ | | | | | Infects COMMAND.COM----------------------+ | | | | | | Virus Remains Resident-----------------+ | | | | | | | Virus Uses Self-Encryption-----------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Increase in | | | | | | | | | Infected | | | | | | | | | Program's | | | | | | | | | Size | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Virus Disinfector V V V V V V V V V V Damage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1008 Clean-Up x x x x . . . . . 1008 O,P,D,L Stoned-II MDISK . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L Taiwan3 CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2905 O,P,D,L Armagedon CleanUp . x x x . . . . . 1079 O,P 1381 Clean-Up . . . . x x . . . 1381 O,P Tiny Clean-up . . x x . . . . . 163 O,P Subliminal Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 1496 O.P Sorry Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 731 O,P RedX Clean-Up . . x x . . . . . 796 O,P 1024 Clean-Up . x x x . . . . . 1024 O,P Joshi M-Disk . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O,D Microbes M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D Print Screen M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D Form M-DISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D June 13th CleanUp x . . . x . . . . 1201 O,P,D,L 5120 (2) CleanUp . . x x x x . . . 5120 O,P,D,L Victor CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2458 P,D,L JoJo CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P W-13 (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 532 O,P Slow CleanUp x x . x x x . . . 1721 O,P,L Frere Jacques CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1811 O,P Liberty CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2862 O,P Fish-6 CleanUp x x x x x x . . . 3584 O,P,L Shake CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 476 O,P Murphy CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1277 O,P V800 CleanUp x x . x . . . . . none O,P,L Kennedy CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 308 O,P Eight Tunes/1971 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1971 O,P Yankee Doodle-2 CleanUp . . . x x . . . . 1961 O,P June 16th CleanUp . . x x . . . . . 1726 F,O,P,L XA1 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1539 F,O,P,L 1392 CleanUp . x x x x . . . . 1392 O,P,L 1210 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1210 O,P,L 1720 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1720 F,O,P,L Saturday 14th CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 685 F,O,P,L Korea (2) M-DISK . . . . . . x x . N/A B,O Vcomm (3) CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 1074 O,P,L ItaVir CleanUp . . . . x . . . . 3880 O,P,L,B Solano (2) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2000 O,P,L V2000 (3) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 2000 O,P,L 1554 SCAN/D . x x x x . . . . 1554 O,P,L 512 (4) SCAN/D . x x x . . . . . none O,P,L EDV (2) M-DISK . x . . . . x x x N/A B,O Joker CleanUp . x x x . . . . . O,P Icelandic-3 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 853 O,P Virus-101 CleanUp x x x x x x x . . 2560 P 1260 CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1260 P Perfume (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 765 P Taiwan (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 708 P Chaos MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,D,F Virus-90 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 857 P Oropax (3) CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 2773 P,O 4096 (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 4096 D,O,P,L Devil's Dance CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 941 D,O,P,L Amstrad (5) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 847 P Payday CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 P Datacrime II-B CleanUp x . x x x . . . . 1917 P,F Sylvia/Holland CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 1332 p Do-Nothing CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 608 p Sunday (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1636 O,P Lisbon (2) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P Typo/Fumble CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 867 O,P Dbase CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1864 D,O,P Ghost Boot Version MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O Ghost COM Version CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 2351 B,P New Jerusalem CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P Alabama (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1560 O,P,L Yankee Doodle (3) CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2885 O,P 2930 CleanUp . x . x x . . . . 2930 P Ashar CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B AIDS (3) CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program Disk Killer (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A B,O,P,D,F 1536/Zero Bug CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 1536 O,P MIX1 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1618 O,P Dark Avenger (2) CleanUp . x x x x x . . . 1800 O,P,L 3551/Syslock CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 3551 P,D VACSINA (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1206 O,P Ohio MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B Typo (Boot Virus) MDISK . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B Swap/Israeli Boot MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A B 1514/Datacrime II CleanUp x . . x x . . . . 1514 P,F Icelandic II CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 661 O,P Pentagon MDISK . . . . . . x . . N/A B 3066/Traceback (2) M-3066 . x . x x . . . . 3066 P 1168/Datacrime-B CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1168 P,F Icelandic (2) CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 642 O,P Saratoga CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 632 O,P 405 CleanUp . . . x . . . . . Overwrites Program 1704 Format CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P,F Fu Manchu (2) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 2086 O,P 1280/Datacrime (2) CleanUp x . . x . . . . . 1280 P,F 1701/Cascade CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1701 O,P 1704/CASCADE-B (9) CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P Stoned/Marijuana (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . x N/A O,B,L 1704/CASCADE CleanUp x x . x . . . . . 1704 O,P Ping Pong-B (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x x . N/A O,B Den Zuk (3) MDISK . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B Ping Pong (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A O,B Vienna-B CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 648 P Lehigh CleanUp . x x . . . . . . Overwrites P,F Vienna/648 (14) M-VIENNA . . . x . . . . . 648 P Jerusalem-B CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P Yale/Alameda (2) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B Friday 13th COM CleanUp . . . x . . . . . 512 P Jerusalem (9) CleanUp . x . x x x . . . 1808 O,P SURIV03 CleanUp . x . x x x . . . O,P SURIV02 CleanUp . x . . x . . . . 1488 O,P SURIV01 CleanUp . x . x . . . . . 897 O,P Pakistani Brain (3) CleanUp . x . . . . x . . N/A B Total Known Viruses - 182 Legend: Damage Fields - B - Corrupts or overwrites Boot Sector O - Affects system run-time operation P - Corrupts program or overlay files D - Corrupts data files F - Formats or erases all/part of disk L - Directly or indirectly corrupts file linkage Size Increase - The length, in bytes, by which an infected program or overlay file will increase Characteristics - x - Yes . - No Disinfectors - SCAN/D - VIRUSCAN with /D option SCAN/D/A - VIRUSCAN with /D and /A options MDISK/P - MDISK with "P" option All Others - The name of disinfecting program Note: The SCAN /D option will overwrite and then delete the entire infected program. The program must then be replaced from the original program diskette. If you wish to try and recover an infected program, then use the named disinfector if available.