Tag Archives: 1990s

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NightKing virus (1997) stores the current time in the MBR of the hard drive, and one month after infecting the virus reads to the memory the FAT of the C: drive, then corrupts the FAT, displays the message:

+-----------------------------------------------+
¦ Hello dear friend, your computer is attacking ¦
¦  by NIGHT KING I. virus. If do you like your  ¦
¦   data very much, don't reset your computer   ¦
¦               before midnight !               ¦
+-----------------------------------------------+

then the virus waits till midnight and restores the corrupted data. If the computer is rebooted before midnight the FAT is lost.

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DeliverDigi Virus (1995) manifests itself with the video and sound effects, and displays the message:

DIGI POWER THIS IS A NEW … DELIVER II SÆëâlÆH (R) WRITE BY DiGiT! … SOUTH POLAND 1995

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Tannenbaum, also known as Christmas Tree or XA1 is a slightly polymorphic .com infector from 1990. It displays a Christmas Tree when executed from December 24 to 31.

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LSD Virus (1994)  overwrites all files of current directory and manifests itself with a video effect. Then it displays the message:

LSD ViRuS 1.0 Coded By Death Dealer 4/29/94 [TeMpEsT -94]

It also contains the string: Author:

Death Dealer Of [TeMpEsT]Virus:[LSD]

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Zohra virus (1999).
On April 14th the viruses display the message:

Zohra will live forever ! Necromancy with her…

They also contain the text:

[Zohra] virus by Wintermute/29A, dedicated to the best Necromancer of the Forgotten Realms,… I assure you will live forever, my love… ;)

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Redcode (1998)
On January 1st the virus displays the messages, runs a video effect and halts the computer:

Viral RedCode Implant Today’s contest between Big Butt Gasso and Himmler Fewster BIIIIIIG BUTT GASSSOOOO… WINSSSSS !!! FEWSTER BANSSSSS GASSSSOOOOOOOO !!!

The virus also contains the text strings:

The RedCode virus by Wintermute/29A; yeah, not a kickass at all, but with a funny payload, don’t you agree ? Watch the payload !
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Virus.DOS.Radio.2076 (1997) Depending on its counter (approx. in 6 minutes after activation) the virus displays a message in Russian. On Alt-Ctrl-Del the virus displays the picture:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BERZIN FANS CLUB PRESENT
XX     XX XX   XX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX
XXX   XXX XX   XX XX  XX     XX XX   XX
XX X X XX XX  XXX XX  XX  XXXXX XX   XX
XX  X  XX XX X XX XXXXXX     XX XXXXXXX
XX     XX XXX  XX XX         XX XX   XX
XX     XX XX   XX XX     XXXXXX XX   XX
TEL:(095)434-00-00 OR 03
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Bones (1997) is a DOS trojan which shows a skull. It goes away when the computer is restarted.

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Tequila is an advanced multipartite virus from 1991. It is notable for its armoring techniques, particularly in the area of decryption.

Welcome to T.TEQUILA’s latest production.
Contact T.TEQUILA/P.o.Box 543/6312 St’hausen/Switzerland. Loving thoughts to L.I.N.D.A
BEER and TEQUILA forever !

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Cascade (1987) is an early virus with the interesting payload of causing characters to fall to the bottom of the screen.

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