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easyrider.210

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Description: Details
EasyRider.2108

It is not a dangerous memory resident stealth parasitic virus. It hooks INT 8 (timer), traces and hook INT 21h and writes itself to the end of COM and EXE files that are accessed. The virus infects files on floppy disks and network drives only. The only file on local computer is infected - it is the COMMAND.COM file.
The virus disinfects the COMMAND.COM on opening a file with names A-DINF-*.* (stealth). The virus also switch off its stealth function when the files are executed:
NDD, SCANDISK, CHKDSK, PKZIP, ARJ, LHA

The INT 8 handler periodically "shakes" the screen.
The virus contains the text strings:
[21st Century man]
Easy Rider ,Ni+eM/|re

Updated: 02/24/2006
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