A list of all active virii Part 1

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VIRUS INFORMATION SUMMARY LIST
February 14, 1991

Copyright (C) 1990-1991 by Patricia M. Hoffman. All Rights Reserved.

This document contains the compiled information from a continuing
research effort by the author into the identification, detection and
removal of MS-DOS Computer Viruses. Hopefully, this listing will
provide some assistance to those who wish to know more about a particular
computer virus. It is not intended to provide a very detailed technical
description, but to allow the reader to understand what a virus
generally does, how it activates, what it is doing to their system, and
most importantly, how to get rid of it.

The user of this listing needs to keep in mind that the
information provided is up-to-date only to the date of the listing
itself. If the listing is one month old, some items may not be
accurate. Also, with the wide dispersion of researchers and the
various names that the same virus may be known by, some of the
information may not be entirely accurate. Lastly, as new variants
of known viruses are isolated, some of the characteristics of the
variant may be different.

There are five sections to the listing. The first section is
an introduction which explains the format of the information in
the listing and includes the code information used in some fields.
The second section is the actual virus information listing.
The third section is a cross-reference of common names for MS-DOS
computer viruses and indicates what name to use for the virus in the
second section. The fourth section, added with the July 1990 release
and in the works for many months, is a chart showing relationships
between various viruses and variants. Lastly, there is a fifth section
which is a revision history of the listing.

Anti-Viral products mentioned in the listing are either commonly
available shareware or public domain programs, or they are commercial
products which have been submitted for evaluation and review by the product's
author with "no strings attached". All Anti-Viral products are reviewed at
the most recent release level available to the author. In some cases, this
may not be the most recent release. All testing is done against the author's
virus collection, results using a different collection of viruses and
variants may differ.

Special thanks go to John McAfee for reviewing the listing before
it is distributed, and to numerous others who have sent their comments,
suggestions, and encouraging support.

The Virus Information Summary List may be freely distributed by
non-commercial systems and non-profit organizations, as long as the
distribution file is not altered, and no more than a reasonable
cost-of-duplication fee is charged. The author of this document does not
consider the United States Government or any of its numerous entities to be
a "non-profit organization", therefore they are expressly prohibited from
using or distributing this document without the author's permission.
CompuServe, and Genie are also expressly permitted to carry this file for
distribution purposes only, they are not to be construed as being licensed
for internal use of the document.

The Virus Information Summary List may not be used in a business,
corporation, organization, government, or agency environment without
a negotiated site license. While this document may be referenced in the
documentation for some anti-viral products, the document is not to be
construed as being included in any site license not negotiated with
the author, Patricia M. Hoffman, or Roger Aucoin.

Licensing information for the Virus Information Summary List can be
requested from the author via US Mail from the address, or by voice or FAX
at the phone numbers below:

Patricia M. Hoffman
1556 Halford Avenue, #127
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Voice: 1-408-246-3915
FAX : [phone]

Roger Aucoin can be contacted for United States and Canadian site
licensing information via US Mail from the address, or by voice or FAX as
indicated below:

Roger Aucoin
Vacci Virus
84 Hammond Street
Waltham, MA 02154
Voice: 1-617-893-8282
FAX : [phone]

For sites outside of the United States and Canada, or for information
about becoming a VSUM agent, Jim Lynch should be contacted as indicated
below:

Jim Lynch, International Marketing Manager
c/o Patricia M. Hoffman
1556 Halford Avenue, #127
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Direct Voice: 1-408-727-7966
Direct FAX : [phone]

I can also be reached through my Bulletin Board System, Excalibur! BBS,
at 1-408-244-0813. Future versions of this listing may also be obtained
through Excalibur!.

Patricia M. Hoffman

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